Knicks

See also: knicks

English

Etymology

From the fictional Diedrich Knickerbocker, a pseudonym of Washington Irving.

Proper noun

Knicks

  1. The New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association, formerly the New York Knickerbockers of the Basketball Association of America.

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /knɪks/

Etymology 1

From the knicken (“to bend, to fold”).

Noun

Knicks m (genitive Knickses, plural Knickse)

  1. curtsey

Noun

Knicks

  1. plural of Knick
  2. genitive singular of Knick

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