petticoat in Kannada ಕನ್ನಡ
petticoat in Malayalam മലയാളം
petticoat in Sindhi سنڌي
petticoat in Telugu తెలుగు
petticoat in English
- petticoat⇄adj. 1. of a woman; female or feminine.
Ex. A kind of petticoat council was forthwith held ... at which the governor's lady presided (Washington Irving).
2. womanish (used often in an unfriendly way).
Ex. petticoat gossip. - petticoat⇄expr. petticoats,
a. women (used in an unfriendly way).
Ex. There was ... brutality in his [Bismarck's] exclamation that the Emperor Frederick's death would put an end to the rule of 'petticoats in politics' (London Daily News).
b. (A - petticoat⇄noun 1. a skirt worn beneath the dress or outer skirt by women or girls. It hangs from the waist or from the shoulders.
2. a skirt, trimmed and sometimes stiffened.
3. (Informal.) a woman or girl.
Ex. There was nobody knew better how - petticoat⇄petticoat, noun, adjective.