kneesie

noun4

1. •
   Knee.

   • Now spread out your little kneesies. — 1923
2. •
   Knee-to-knee contact, especially as a method of flirtation when out of sight; kneesies.

   • If she was out alone on New Year's Eve and playing kneesie under the table with a sex-mad sax man, she must be up to the age of consent. — 1973
3. •
   A trampoline move in which one bounces on the knees.

   • Poppy lifts the hose's heavy head and the purest water in the world forms a rainbow through which Talia does a kneesie, then bounces back onto her feet, squealing. — 2017
4. •
   (old-fashioned) A knee-length skirt.

   • The "kneesie" ( from the knee to 2 inches below) was extraspecial, for narrow thirties coats or after-five slinky dresses, at their best with dark shimmery stockings and tall-heeled shoes. — 1969