kneesies

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noun

flirtatious touching using the knee(s)

“She kept trying to play kneesies with me under the table.”

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Meanings

nounkneesies (uncountable)
  1. uncountableflirtatious touching using the knee(s)

    She kept trying to play kneesies with me under the table.

    3 more examples

    If Bill wanted to play kneesies, let him play kneesies.

    1952, Lawrence L. Schoonover, The Quick Brown Fox, page 137

    Get her brimming with slops and gratitude and then test the atmosphere with a little kneesies behind the drape of the tablecloth.

    1966, William Stevens, The Peddler, page 138

    "He played kneesies with me.” “But he sat beside you.” “Sideways kneesies.”

    1968, John Updike, Couples, page 38
  2. pluraluncountableplural of kneesie

Origin

From knee + -sies.

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APA

kneesies. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kneesies

MLA

“kneesies.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kneesies. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kneesies,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kneesies.

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