Meaning of kneesie | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Knee.
   childish
2. Knee-to-knee contact, especially as a method of flirtation when out of sight; kneesies.
3. A trampoline move in which one bounces on the knees.
4. A knee-length skirt.
   dated

Examples

“Now spread out your little kneesies.”

“I've never seen so many strange looking hippies— also strange looking thighsies, kneesies and tummies.”

“Hurt your kneesie? Let me kiss it and make it well.”

“We had an irresistible guide, most of him Negro and the rest of him Chinese, and while I don't go much for one or the other, the combination was fairly riveting: so I let him play kneesie under the table, because frankly I didn't find him at all banal, but then one night he took us to a blue movie, and what do you Suppose?”

“If she was out alone on New Year's Eve and playing kneesie under the table with a sex-mad sax man, she must be up to the age of consent.”

“There was no way a man with a nickname like Sobersides would be suspected of playing a sophisticated variation of kneesie in front of five hundred of the most important business people in the city.”

“What I enjoyed most was playing kneesie with Tom, who either thought I was part of the table or put up with it because it was my birthday.”

“Poppy lifts the hose's heavy head and the purest water in the world forms a rainbow through which Talia does a kneesie, then bounces back onto her feet, squealing.”

“It also has a trampoline. I'm doing “kneesies-sitsies-upsees,” a trampoline routine I learned as a child, when I try to pull Eduardo up on the trampoline with me.”

“The "kneesie" ( from the knee to 2 inches below) was extraspecial, for narrow thirties coats or after-five slinky dresses, at their best with dark shimmery stockings and tall-heeled shoes.”

“'Kneesies' win skirmish over hot pants Joy reigns supreme in New York's garment center, says a staff reporter for Wall Street Journal, as the result of a compromise reached in the battle between the midis and the hot pants.”

“Last month the $7-billion women's garment industry was nervously poised on the brink of another fall buying season. Would it be another disaster? Had women really kicked the fashion habit? The trade is pinning high hopes on the “kneesie".”

“The mini style has almost run its course. In its place and catching on fast is the "kneesie," the skirt with the hemline at the knee.”

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