Knees-up
1knees-up — n BrE informal a noisy party ▪ After the wedding there was a bit of a knees up …
2knees-up — knees ups N COUNT A knees up is a party or celebration. [BRIT, INFORMAL] Syn: shindig …
3Knees — (eigentlich Knjäs), russischer Edelmann erster Klasse (dem deutschen Fürst entsprechend); welcher übrigens keine anderen Vorrechte besitzt als der sämmtliche Adel überhaupt. Im Jahr 1841 gab es im Russischen Reiche 59 Familien, welche den Titel K …
4Knees — Knees, Knäs, Knjäs, Titel von 38 russ. adeligen von Familien, die entweder von den alten russ. Czaren oder von dem lithauischen und polnischen Königsgeschlecht der Jagellonen, oder von tatarischen Khanen abstammen, oder endlich vom Kaiser zu… …
5knees-up — knees ,up noun count BRITISH INFORMAL OLD FASHIONED a lively party with dancing …
6knees-up — ► NOUN Brit. informal ▪ a lively party …
7knees-up — /neez up /, n. Brit. Informal. a party or lively gathering, usually including dancing. [by ellipsis from Knees up, Mother Brown a popular dance, orig. a song with the same title (1939)] * * * kneesˈ up noun (informal) A riotous dance or party • • …
8knees-up — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms knees up : singular knees up plural knees ups British informal old fashioned a lively party with dancing …
9knees-up — /ˈniz ʌp/ (say neez up) noun (plural knees up) Colloquial 1. a boisterous dance which involves raising the knees alternately. 2. a social occasion involving the opportunity to dance. {from the song Knees up Mother Brown to which the dance is… …
10knees up — (of a female) copulating The position sometimes adopted: ... he s had more hot dinners in my house that I ve had nights with my knees up. (Lyall, 1972) A knees up is no more than a party or informal dance …