knee-high
/ˌniːˈhʌi
/adjective & adverb
So high as to reach the knees: [as adjective]: knee-high boots [as adverb]: they were wading knee-high in the water...
- She was dressed in a leather jacket, a mini skirt, and knee-high boots.
- She was wearing a short black skirt, knee-high black boots, and a pink halter top.
- Melissa wore a grey sleeveless top with a leather collar, knee-high brown boots and a black pleated skirt.
noun (usually knee-highs)
A nylon stocking with an elasticated top that reaches to a person’s knee.Dressing in my normal school uniform of a pleated skirt, white blouse, and black knee-highs, I joined Seth downstairs....
- But I still was hot so I took off my shoes and my knee-highs.
- The only knee-highs I had ever worn were fishnets, and they weren't exactly school material.
Phrases
knee-high to a grasshopper
- audience involvement
- audience participation
- audiencer
- audience rating
- audience research
- audience researcher
- audiencier
- audient
- audiently
- audile
- auding
- audio
- audio-
- audio-active
- audio amplifier
- audio-animatron
- Audio-Animatronic
- Audio-Animatronics
- audiobook
- audio cassette
- audio CD
- audio conference
- audio conferencing
- audio disc
- audio disk