- loose-fitting short trousers gathered in at the knees.
- Chiefly British.
- a bloomerslike undergarment worn by women.
- panties.
- a woman's or girl's short-legged underpants.
- to get flustered or agitated: Don't get your knickers in a twist every time the telephone rings.
- an undergarment for women covering the lower trunk and sometimes the thighs and having separate legs or leg-holes
- a US variant of knickerbockers
- to become agitated, flustered, or upset
