Bra vs Knickers - What's the difference?
bra | knickers |
(physics) One of the two vectors in the standard notation for describing quantum states in quantum mechanics, the other being the ket .
Knickerbockers.
* 1931 , William Faulkner, Sanctuary , Vintage 1993, p. 29:
* 1946 , Mezz Mezzrow and Bernard Wolfe, Really the Blues , Payback Press 1999, p. 77:
(UK, NZ) Women's underpants.
* 2010 , Sali Hughes, ‘Calendar girls galore’, The Guardian , 24 Apr 2010:
As nouns the difference between bra and knickers
is that bra is captive, hostage while knickers is knickerbockers.As an interjection knickers is
a mild exclamation of annoyance.bra
English
Etymology 1
Shortened from brassiere.Derived terms
* maternity bra * nursing bra * peek-a-boo bra * push-up bra * sports bra * training bra * underwired braEtymology 2
From bracketNoun
(en noun)Antonyms
* ketEtymology 3
Representing a different pronunciation of bro , meaning brotherAnagrams
* English three-letter words ----knickers
English
(wikipedia knickers)Noun
(en-plural noun)- Students in the University were not permitted to keep cars, and the men – hatless, in knickers and bright pull-overs – looked down upon the town boys who wore hats cupped rigidly upon pomaded heads [...].
- He was a student at Notre Dame, a robust Joe-College kind of kid, husky and tall and always dressed in plus-four knickers .
- The debate here is not over whether raising £26,000 (and counting) for our troops is a wonderful thing – it unarguably is – but over whether, whenever times are tough and money must be found, our default reaction as women should be to take off our knickers to help out?
