Definition of the bee's knees

bee's knees, the    

noun - plural

• the best.

  That concert was the bee's knees.

  This test is definitely not the bee's knees.

  You're the bee's knees!

  • See more words with the same meaning: good, okay, cool, awesome, fun.

  Last edited on Nov 22 2010. Submitted by Buckminster Fuller from MD, USA on Mar 12 1999.

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Other terms relating to 'good, okay, cool, awesome, fun':
gangster	Definitions include: tight or fun.
couth	Definitions include: good or someone that is cool.
rude	Definitions include: very cool.
select	Definitions include: Outstanding, fine quality, excellent, or even more general usage - awesome.
swatching	Definitions include: very good, excellent; "cool"; "awesome".
retarded	Definitions include: bad, of poor quality.
like whoa	Definitions include: very good; excellent; "cool"; "awesome".
rock-solid	Definitions include: very solid, i.e. without any problems.
ownage	Definitions include: anything great, cool, awesome.
bumping	Definitions include: full of people.
devious	Definitions include: cool, awesome, or sneaky but in a cool way.
bad-*ss	Definitions include: a tough person or rebel.
gangstar	Definitions include: Spelling variant of gangster.
bang	Definitions include: to have, to take.
crunk	Definitions include: extremely fun; exciting; wild.
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Slang terms with the same root words

Other terms relating to 'bee':
bee i itch	Definitions include: A heterosexual female b implies a female like a queen bee.
bee sting	Definitions include: an extremely small breast.
bee-yotch	Definitions include: another way of saying bitch.
birds and bees, the	Definitions include: sex and sexuality.
birds and the bees, the	Definitions include: sex and sexuality.
honey bee	Definitions include: something sweet or admired.
queen bee	Definitions include: a woman expressing her leadership; mostly used by females referring to their role as the main and only leader.
Other terms relating to 'knee':
get (one's) knees dirty	Definitions include: to give oral sex.
get on (one's) knees	Definitions include: a phrase used by women to tell their man to go down on her (see to go down)
knee deep	Definitions include: sex.
knee-high to a grasshopper	Definitions include: short.
knee jerk	Definitions include: an immediate reaction without examining reasons why.
knee-jerk reaction	Definitions include: an instant / instinctual reaction.
knee pit	Definitions include: the part of the leg opposite the knee.
knee-trembler	Definitions include: a session of outdoor sex.
trick knee	Definitions include: a knee with problems such that it may suddenly give out.
Other terms relating to 'the':
101 scoop, the	Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone.
2-10, the	Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving.
3rd degree, the	Definitions include: interrogation.
3 sheets to the wind	Definitions include: extremely intoxicated
411, the	Definitions include: information.
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.	Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
about the size of it	Definitions include: a good estimate.
ace in the hole	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
across the board	Definitions include: inclusive.
add fuel to the fire	Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
against the clock	Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing.
ahead of the curve	Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular.
aim Archie at the adamant	Definitions include: of a male, to urinate.
ain't no fun when the rabbit got the gun	Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them
a little on the side	Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner.
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