Dictionary

knee-high en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌniːˈhaɪ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˌniˈhaɪ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From knee + high (adjective).

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see knee, high: reaching to the height of a person's knees.
   • Near-synonym: knee-deep
   • knee-high by the Fourth of July
   • The corn is knee-high.
2. (figuratively, not-comparable) Very young.
   • John Fred Gourrier had been listening to Fats Domino, Smiley Lewis, and the Spiders since he was knee-high. 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 207:

Coordinates

chest-high · ankle-deep · ankle-high · waist-deep · waist-high

Deriveds

knee-high to a grasshopper · knee-high blackberry · knee-high by the Fourth of July

Synonyms

knee-deep

Translations (2)

sv knähög (reaching to the height of a person’s knees) · de kniehoch (reaching to the height of a person’s knees)

knee-high en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈniˌhaɪ/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌniːˈhaɪ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From knee + high (adjective).

Meanings

1. (US, plural-normally) A sock or stocking that reaches to just below the knees.

Forms

Coordinates

ankle-high · thigh-high

Synonyms

pop sock

Translations (25)

pl podkolanówka (sock that reaches almost up to the knee) · ko 하이 삭스 (sock that reaches almost up to the knee) · ko 반스타킹 (sock that reaches almost up to the knee) · pl zakolanówka (sock that reaches almost up to the knee) · cmn 膝上襪 /膝上袜 (sock that reaches almost up to the knee) · fr demi-bas (sock that reaches almost up to the knee) · vi tất nhỡ (sock that reaches almost up to the knee) · ru гольф (sock that reaches almost up to the knee) · fi polvisukka (sock that reaches almost up to the knee) · uk гольф (sock that reaches almost up to the knee) · hu térdzokni (sock that reaches almost up to the knee) · it gambaletto (sock that reaches almost up to the knee) · de Kniestrumpf (sock that reaches almost up to the knee) · cs podkolenka (sock that reaches almost up to the knee) · fr mi-bas (sock that reaches almost up to the knee) · sv knästrumpa (sock that reaches almost up to the knee) · ko 무릎양말 (sock that reaches almost up to the knee) · ja ニーソックス (sock that reaches almost up to the knee) · ja ハイソックス (sock that reaches almost up to the knee) · ko 니 하이 삭스 (sock that reaches almost up to the knee) · da knæstrømpe (sock that reaches almost up to the knee) · ko 니 삭스 (sock that reaches almost up to the knee) · ja ニーハイソックス (sock that reaches almost up to the knee) · nl kniekous (sock that reaches almost up to the knee) · be гольф (sock that reaches almost up to the knee)