knee high

adj, noun — 4 senses

knee-high

adjalso spelled knee-high

UK /ˌniːˈhaɪ/ · US /ˌniˈhaɪ/

Etymology From knee + high (adjective).

1

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see knee, high: reaching to the height of a person's knees.

Near-synonym: knee-deep
knee-high by the Fourth of July

1 more example

The corn is knee-high.

2

Figuratively Very young.

John Fred Gourrier had been listening to Fats Domino, Smiley Lewis, and the Spiders since he was knee-high.1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 207:

Derived terms: knee-high blackberry, knee-high by the Fourth of July, knee-high to a grasshopper

knee high

noun

1

In plural a sock that reaches almost up to the knee

Synonyms: knee sock

knee-high

noun

US /ˈniˌhaɪ/

Etymology From knee + high (adjective).

1

US, Plural normally A sock or stocking that reaches to just below the knees.

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