Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A very brief, close-fitting two-piece bathing suit worn by women.
- noun A very brief, close-fitting bathing suit worn by men.
- noun Brief underpants that reach to the hips rather than to the waist.
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- noun A
brief two -piece bathing suit worn bywomen .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Any lingering aura of weapons testing seemed to have vanished from the word bikini by the 1960s, when what was left of Bikini Atoll itself was largely forgotten.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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The word bikini is, in the end, a linguistic coproduction, at once Polynesian, French, and American.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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The word bikini is, in the end, a linguistic coproduction, at once Polynesian, French, and American.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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Any lingering aura of weapons testing seemed to have vanished from the word bikini by the 1960s, when what was left of Bikini Atoll itself was largely forgotten.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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Sundry creative back-formations, new words built from elements of preexisting ones, have been made from the word bikini.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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Sundry creative back-formations, new words built from elements of preexisting ones, have been made from the word bikini.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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Heidi thinks the bikini is a "throwaway piece" and also isn't sure how she feels about the headpieces -- does she like them or not?
Una LaMarche: Project Runway Finale: Part One Recap Una LaMarche 2010
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Heidi thinks the bikini is a "throwaway piece" and also isn't sure how she feels about the headpieces -- does she like them or not?
Una LaMarche: Project Runway Finale: Part One Recap Una LaMarche 2010
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The word bikini finally entered global nomenclature in the 1960s, when America’s thriving military-industrial pop culture complex would deliver bikini-clad female bombshells to the free world in song lyrics, magazine covers, movies, and Bob Hope’s USO shows.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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The word bikini finally entered global nomenclature in the 1960s, when America’s thriving military-industrial pop culture complex would deliver bikini-clad female bombshells to the free world in song lyrics, magazine covers, movies, and Bob Hope’s USO shows.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
bilby commented on the word bikini
# A very brief, close-fitting two-piece bathing suit worn by women.
# A very brief, close-fitting bathing suit worn by men.
April 16, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word bikini
Were you looking for Bikini?
April 16, 2011
bilby commented on the word bikini
No, I don't eat pasta.
April 16, 2011