knee-high








adjective

  1. as high as the knees.

noun

  1. knee-highs. Also knee highs, knee-hi’s, knee his. socks, stockings, or boots that cover the lower legs to just below the knees.

adjective

  1. another word for knee-deep (def. 1)
  2. as high as the kneea knee-high child
adj.

1743, from knee (n.) + high (adj.). Phrase knee-high to a grasshopper first recorded 1851 (earliest form was knee-high to a toad, 1814).

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