keen -
kerfuffle -
kidney -
kip -
kipper -
knickerbocker glory -
knickerbockers -
knickers -
Knight Bus -
knobbly
keen
Enthusiastic; keen as in hankering to get on with something.
"The library just before the holidays? Bit keen, aren't yeh?"
- Hagrid (PS12)"So why's Dumbledore been so keen to keep me in the dark?"
- Harry (OP4)Keen for them all to be friends again, he agreed (DH20)
kerfuffle
A commotion or fuss.
kidney
See steak and kidney pie.
kip
Sleep. Derived from kip-house, which
is a small, cheap lodging or hostel.
"You can kip under that" (PS4)
"He wants a kip, and his bar's turned into a railway station." (DH29)
kipper
A salt-cured dried fish (usually a herring), sometimes served for
breakfast in parts of the U.K.
The four long House tables were laden with tureens of porridge, plates of kippers, mountains of toast and dishes of eggs and bacon... (CS6)
"Because you'll keep bleeding until you shrivel up, we haven't got an antidote yet," said George, helping himself to a kipper (OP12)
knickerbocker glory
An ice cream dessert (a sundae) served in a tall glass, and consisting
of layers of chopped fruit and ice cream in layers, with
whipped cream on top. The dessert is eaten with a thin, long-handled
spoon. It's possible that 'Knickerbocker' refers to the shape of the
glass, which looks rather like the leg of a pair of knickerbockers.
They ate in the zoo restaurant, and when Dudley had a tantrum because his knickerbocker glory didn't have enough ice cream on top, Uncle Vernon bought him another one and Harry was allowed to finish the first. (PS2).
knickerbockers
Loose-fitting pants gathered at the knee or calf. Knickerbocker
was a nickname for the early Dutch settlers in New Amsterdam
(present day New York), who used to wear these fairly racy trousers.
Related: New York Knicks, knickers. See also
plus-fours.
As he looked at Dudley in his new knickerbockers, Uncle Vernon said gruffly that it was the proudest moment of his life.
- the Dursleys, admiring Dudley in his brand-new Smeltings uniform (PS2).
knickers
Female undergarments; panties.
"D'you want to be showing off your knickers in midair? Because if you do, hang around...they're moving this way, and it would give us all a laugh."
- Draco to Hermione (GF9)
Knight Bus
Play on words: "Night Bus," buses which run in London
during the night. See
full essay.
Also suggests the concept of "knight in shining armour" coming
to the rescue of a person in need, in this case a stranded witch or wizard.
