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PRONUNCIATION OF KNEE PANTS

knee pants  [niː pænts] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF KNEE PANTS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Knee pants is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH KNEE PANTS


accounts
əˈkaʊnts
acknowledgements
ækˈnɒlɪdʒmənts
acknowledgments
ækˈnɒlɪdʒmənts
apartments
əˈpɑːtmənts
arrangements
əˈreɪndʒmənts
compliments
ˈkɒmplɪments
contents
ˈkɒntents
crants
krænts
elephants
ˈɛlɪfənts
Hants
hænts
infants
ˈɪnfənts
jogpants
ˈdʒɒɡˌpænts
movements
ˈmuːvmənts
Northants
nɔːˈθænts
pants
pænts
presents
ˈprɛzənts
saints
seɪnts
sentiments
ˈsɛntɪmənts
smarty-pants
ˈsmɑːtɪˌpænts
underpants
ˈʌndəˌpænts

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE KNEE PANTS

knee
knee breeches
knee drop
knee jerk
knee joint
knee reflex
knee spavin
knee-bend
knee-deep
knee-high
knee-high to a grasshopper
knee-length
knee-sock
knee-trembling
kneecap
kneecapped
kneecapping
kneehole
kneehole desk
kneejerk

WORDS THAT END LIKE KNEE PANTS

arcs-boutants
bons vivants
by the seat of one´s pants
Capri pants
cargo pants
critical constants
first year infants
have ants in one´s pants
hot pants
kick in the pants
loon pants
menservants
palazzo pants
peg pants
pink elephants
ski pants
skiing pants
sweat pants
tableaux vivants
toreador pants

Synonyms and antonyms of knee pants in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «knee pants» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF KNEE PANTS

Find out the translation of knee pants to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of knee pants from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «knee pants» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

膝裤
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pantalones cortos
570 millions of speakers

English

knee pants
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

घुटने पैंट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

السراويل الركبة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

колено брюки
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

calças no joelho
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হাঁটু প্যান্ট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pantalon de genou
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Seluar lutut
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kniehosen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

膝のパンツ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

무릎 바지
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Celana panjang
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

quần đầu gối
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முழங்கால் காம்புகள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गुडघाची कातडी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Diz pantolonu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pantaloni al ginocchio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

spodnie do kolan
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

коліно брюки
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pantaloni genunchi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παντελόνι γόνατο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

knie broek
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

knee byxor
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kne bukser
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of knee pants

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «KNEE PANTS»

The term «knee pants» is normally little used and occupies the 108.663 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «KNEE PANTS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about knee pants

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KNEE PANTS»

Discover the use of knee pants in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to knee pants and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Simon & Schuster Super Crossword Puzzle Dictionary And ...
... 10 work up into knee: 4 genu; 9 knee joint knee breeches: 8 breeches, knickers ; 9 knee pants; 14 knickerbockers kneecap: 7 kneepan, patella knee deep: 8 skin deep; 9 ankle deep knee-jerk reflex: 8 knee jerk; 14 patellar reflex kneel: 3 bob, ...
Seth Godin, Lark Productions LLC, Seth Godin Productions, 1999
2
Jewish Radicals: A Documentary History
8. The. Birth. of. the. Knee-Pants. Makers'. Union. (memoir;. 1924). i BERNARD VAYNSHTEYN Bernard Vaynshteyn (1866-1946) immigrated to New York City from Odessa in 1882. He worked as a cigar maker during his early years in New  ...
Tony Michels, 2012
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Aberrations in Black: Toward a Queer of Color Critique
1 The Knee-pants of Servility: American Modernity, the Chicago School, and Native Son As the night wears on some of them begin to wear makeup, even going so far as to put on artificial eyelashes. Quite a number have painted fingernails.
Roderick A. Ferguson, 2004
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LIFE
Girls who like to sleep in pajamas hut find the pants too warm can choose between a short top worn with above-knee pants (see page 3d) or a longer top worn without pants (.vee page 37). Girls who like to sleep in nightgowns but dislike long ...
5
Shining and Shadow: An Anthology of Early Yiddish Stories ...
At the same time, he saw Blum eyeing the pants and muttered — "A plague on you!" He would do better to bring the knee-pants to his boss as a "faithful employee." Then, instantly, a bright idea flared up in his brain like an evil fire — " Let him ...
Albert Waldinger, 2006
6
Garment cutting in the twentieth century
XXV Represents a boy's knee pants of 29 sent measure, and it will prove to be good. I have made the back and front evenly wide at the bottom, but there is no law against making the fore part i 2 Smaller on each side, and the back that much  ...
Gunther F. Hertzer
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Indianapolis Monthly
These pants reach lengths that end from below the knee to mid-calf. "There is an extreme amount of capri pants out for spring — also called beach pants or knee pants — in all the different lengths, from the knee to the ankle," Drahn says.
8
Industrial Violence and the Legal Origins of Child Labor
youngest wore “dresses,” then moved on to knee pants, and finally gained the status of a young man by pulling on trousers. Aged near eleven at the time of his death, for instance, Joe Pettit was described as “a knee pants boy.” Because long  ...
James D. Schmidt, 2010
9
Grammatical Number in English Nouns: An Empirical and ...
(Idem, 1969 [1902]:1126)///The price for this handsome blue black satin striped pants [...is...] $2.50 (Ibid., 1133)///A good heavy weight splendid corduroy pants, doubled sewed. (Ibid., 1141)///Boys' Wash Knee Pants. MADE FROM A GOOD ...
Mark A. Wickens, 1992
10
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Daily Life in America [4 volumes]
This would have been worn over loose knee pants, although it was also worn over a skirt by very young boys. Boys may also have been attired in a loose jacket and waist- coat, once again with loose knee pants. Boys may also have been clad ...
Randall M. Miller Ph.D., 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «KNEE PANTS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term knee pants is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Memoried Glances: LaGrange in 1940 — Group petitions city …
... came to the full realization that the boy, so recently in knee pants, had grown to the stature of a man and a national leader in the world of art. «LaGrange Daily News, Jul 15»
2
Major Impressionism show dazzles at Philadelphia Museum of Art
... Osborne Havemeyer couldn't decide whether to buy Manet's “Boy With a Sword,” in which a child in knee pants wrangles with a blade almost ... «LancasterOnline, Jun 15»
3
Sinatra Jr. sings the hits this Saturday at The Smith Center
“Mr. Benny — who I had known since I was in knee pants — he took me, literally, by the hand and told me, 'This is how it's done.' He was ... «Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jun 15»
4
Carlson: The Bush and Clinton shows get their spinoffs
... he emboldened a raft of newbies, especially that upstart Marco Rubio, who was in knee pants in Tallahassee when Jeb was Florida governor ... «Northwest Herald, Jun 15»
5
Commentary: Bush and Clinton shows get their spinoffs
... he emboldened a raft of newbies, especially that upstart Marco Rubio, who was in knee pants in Tallahassee when Jeb was Florida governor ... «Santa Fe New Mexican, Jun 15»
6
The Stacks: Jack Kerouac Was the Winston Churchill of the Beats
That is, as a Stranger, a first-generation American who couldn't speak the tongue until he was in knee pants, the history and raw beauty of the ... «Daily Beast, Jun 15»
7
MARY BRASWELL: Looking back at May 1906
Rosenberg Bros. had boys' knee pants, every boy needing several pairs, on sale for 25 cents per pair. #— W.S. Bell & Son had the the largest ... «The Albany Herald, May 15»
8
How Tom Hardy Became Hollywoods Biggest Badass
That is, as a Stranger, a first-generation American who couldn't speak the tongue until he was in knee pants, the history and raw beauty of the ... «Daily Beast, May 15»
9
Date with history: Richmond Circle may have been a site for 'sati …
... where female figures wear long skirts and males wear knee pants." Sampigehalli was eventually merged with Sampangirama Nagar and the ... «Economic Times, Apr 15»
10
The Tony Nominations Are In!
But forgive me if I doff my stone-hearted critic's hat for a moment and put on my beaming sonny boy's knee pants to report that the numeral that ... «Vogue.com, Apr 15»

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