knicks means the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association, formerly the New York Knickerbockers of the Basketball Association of America. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Etymology
From the fictional Diedrich Knickerbocker, a pseudonym of Washington Irving.
name
- The New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association, formerly the New York Knickerbockers of the Basketball Association of America.
noun
- Knickers.““People never notice you when you are looking half- decent. During the sales I was in a communal changing room and was stripped down to my knicks — and not my best car accident knickers either — when a woman said, ‘Aren’t you that woman off the telly?’ and everyone stared.””
- Lycra pants (usually short) used by cyclists.