Khaki

Word KHAKI
Character 5
Hyphenation kha ki
Pronunciations /ˈkɑː.ki/

Definitions and meanings of "Khaki"

What do we mean by khaki?

A light olive brown to moderate or light yellowish brown. noun

A sturdy cloth of this color. noun

A uniform made of this cloth. noun

Pants made of a twilled cotton fabric of this color or another solid color. noun

Dustcolored or claycolored: adopted from Hindu use.

A kind of light drab or chocolate-colored cloth used for the uniforms of some East Indian regiments. noun

Made of the cloth known as khaki (without direct reference to color).

A soldier clad in khaki. noun

The cause and the policy represented by the khaki-clad military forces operating in South Africa in 1899–1902, and support of the British government in its war policy at that time: as, to vote khaki, that is, to support the government and its measures in carrying on the Boer war. noun

The bonds issued by the British government in raising money to continue the Boer war. noun

Any kind of khaki cloth; hence, a uniform of khaki or, rarely, a soldier clad in khaki. In the United States and British armies khaki or cloth of a very similar color is almost exclusively used for service in the field. noun

Of a dull brownish yellow, or drab color; -- applied to cloth, originally to a stout brownish cotton cloth, used in making uniforms in the Anglo-Indian army. adjective

A dull, yellowish-brown colour, the colour of dust. noun

Khaki green, a dull green colour. noun

A strong cloth of wool or cotton, often used for military or other uniforms. noun

A British person (from the colour of the uniform of British troops). noun

Dust-coloured; of the colour of dust. adjective

Of a yellowish brown color adjective

A dull, yellowish-brown colour, the colour of dust.

Khaki green, a dull green colour.

A strong cloth of wool or cotton, often used for military or other uniforms.

A soldier wearing a khaki uniform.

A British person (from the colour of the uniform of British troops, originally in the Second Boer War; compare rooinek). (In this sense the plural generally is khakies.)

Khaki clothing or uniform, commonly in the plural.

When food has "straight up spoiled"!! Urban Dictionary

Off-white; something dirty or gross Urban Dictionary

Adj. Referring to a mixed person who is neither white, nore black, yet somewhere in between - perhaps even far out from the aforementioned. Urban Dictionary

-noun 1. a cute girl 2. someone or something very interesting Urban Dictionary

A caucasian indivdual not resembling the standardized color, "white". Thus, resembling a shade known to many as, khaki. Urban Dictionary

The pants Jake from State Farm likes to wear. Urban Dictionary

How people from Boston pronounce 'car keys' Urban Dictionary

A dull earthly garment covering male extremities. Urban Dictionary

Khakis is the beige coloured and creased pants that Black gangstas(that took over the music industry, is height of fashion and are the real gangsters so mafias can get out of here)wear and C walk on or walk the walk. Urban Dictionary

U.S. pants or uniform: a pair of pants or a uniform made of khaki or fabric of a khaki color or a dull brownish yellow color Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Khaki

The word "khaki" in example sentences

Linen no mater what color even "khaki" is limited to late spring - Easter through the summer and should probably not be seen after mid September. ❋ Unknown (2009)

More accurately, the correct shade of "khaki" is the color of "Multani Mitti", meaning "the mud of Multan". ❋ Unknown (2009)

The word "khaki," derived from the Hindi word for dust, traditionally refers to a specific color -- a shade of tan or beige -- and the term was used as far back as the 1840s to refer to the cotton twill uniforms worn by British colonial forces in India. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The assailants, dressed in khaki pants and armed with AK-47 assault rifles, grenades and suicide vests, parked a gray Dodge sport-utility vehicle near the rear of the church. ❋ Ernesto Londono (2010)

At first I didn't like it but when you see all the kids waiting for the bus in khaki's and polo shirts it's pretty impressive. ❋ Unknown (2008)

He was being passed by a youngish woman in khaki slacks and white running shoes and a yellow baseball hat tipped rakishly forward on her head, as if her hair were too bulky, too springy, to fit into it. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Ciara and Rihanna both picked out the Isadora Deluxe bag in khaki and Rihanna said she not only loved the color, but that the bag was really beautiful as well. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Scene opens on a suburban woman in khaki shorts and a summer hat, the sun hitting her muddy calves, making them sparkle as she walks through a manicured backyard: I have done it again. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Here at the coast, you see plenty of folks, locals, expats and tourists alike in khaki shorts, print shirts, carrying water bottles, wearing straw hats with Puerto Vallarta on the band, and wearing local and other T-shirts. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Among thousands of soldiers and police from every imaginable government agency, I twice saw groups of heavily armed men in khaki fatigues wearing T-shirts that read "Blackwater." ❋ Unknown (2005)

But it's most telling when it captures the drab exhaustion and wistful pride of the period, with its worn clothes and gray complexions, its shabby efforts to deck things out, its Coldstream Guards in khaki, denuded of their resplendent tunics. ❋ Unknown (2004)

My hair has acquired the dullness of khaki (sheesh, my garment client will kill me - after reminding me many times that khaki is not a color) thus is more yellow than green. ❋ Dean Francis Alfar (2004)

Most impressive of all was the sheer Technicolor reality of the scene, of watching a handful of anglers in khaki waders move through a band of jade-colored water dwarfed by the red rock walls of Marble Canyon -- huge stone curtains falling from a sliver of blue sky more than 1,500 feet above our heads. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Then a detachment of Marines clad in khaki and wrapped with ammunition start to march through the street along the railway yards. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Holy Crap! That [potato salad] [you left] [in the sun] has gone khaki! ❋ Allymoe12 (2011)

"[did you] see her [outfit]? [yeah], it's so khaki" ❋ Vvondervvall (2014)

[I don't know what] [you are] [anymore]..you're now khaki. ❋ Sanguinairius (2004)

I [spot] khaki! Look at the khaki [jumping] on [the trampoline]. ❋ ChocoP (2007)

[Im] not [white]! Im khaki [bitch]!! ❋ Mike (2005)

"[What're] you wearing, 'Jake from State Farm'?" [Uh]... [Khakis]." ❋ Gilgabob (2014)

[Boston] person: Hey give me the [car keys] normal person: *hands them a pair of [khakis]* Boston person: WTF IS THIS I SAID [KHAKIS] normal person: OOOOOH [CAR KEYS] ❋ Jack Jackofferson (2013)

[Uhh]... Khakis. ❋ Milse (2015)

Ey [nigguh], when you get yo [KHAKIS] [creased]? ❋ Icy Dice (2005)

since my [treatment] 'no more khakis' im [putin] in [fabric] matelials. ❋ Jezi (2006)

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