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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