"knock boots" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-knock boots.ogg [Australia] Forms: knocks boots [present, singular, third-person], knocking boots [participle, present], knocked boots [participle, past], knocked boots [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} knock boots (third-person singular simple present knocks boots, present participle knocking boots, simple past and past participle knocked boots)
  1. (slang, euphemistic) To have sexual intercourse, especially recreationally if not casually. Tags: euphemistic, slang Categories (topical): Sex Synonyms: do it, get some, hook up, Netflix and chill, bump nasties, slap bellies, copulate

Inflected forms

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