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Noun: knickers  ni-ku(r)z
  1. [N. Amer] (used in the plural) trousers ending at or just below the knee
    - breeches, knee breeches, knee pants [N. Amer], knickerbockers, breeks [UK, dialect], britches [informal]
     
  2. [Brit] (used in the plural) underpants worn by women
    "she was afraid that her knickers might have been showing";
    - bloomers, pants, drawers

Sounds like: knew, newkers, nic

Type of: chuddies [UK, dialect], dacks [Austral, NZ], daks [Austral, NZ], pair of trousers, pants, trousers, underdacks [Austral], underdaks [Austral], underpants, undershorts [N. Amer]

Encyclopedia: Knickers