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bikini

bikini

125 1.0
A two-piece swimsuit for women that shows the stomach and much of the body
  • noun
  • /bɪˈkiːni/
translation icon : bikini
  • She wore a bright red bikini while sunbathing at the beach.

I've also bought some bikinis for the shower.

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Examples

  • Give me the bikini top.

  • One, I got this gorgeous bikini set from American Apparel.

  • OK, imagine me with a green bikini like this.

  • Did he like this bikini Photo by the pool?

  • Just show your bikini to your friends.

  • I just saw a picture of you in a bikini in Jamaica.

  • Cute little orange bikini with a floral cover up.

  • She wants to be a bikini model, just like her big sister.

  • So this is a polka dot bikini and it's black and white.

  • May was decked out in a black bikini top and denim shorts cut from a pair of jeans.

    Fiction book (1992)

Synonyms

bathing suit
vsbikini
  • US
96 1.0

A piece of clothing you wear for swimming

is a specific two part style that reveals the midriff and much skin
swimsuit
vsbikini
80 1.0

Clothing worn for swimming that covers the body

exposes the midriff and much of the body rather than covering it more fully
swimwear
vsbikini
7 1.0

Clothes worn for swimming in a pool or at the beach

is a specific two part women's style that reveals the midriff and much skin
two-piece
vsbikini
2 3.0

A woman's swimsuit with a separate top and bottom

is similar but usually reveals the midriff and more skin
tankini
vsbikini
2 3.7

A two-piece swimsuit with a tank top and a bikini bottom

exposes the midriff and more of the body rather than covering it
bathing costume
vsbikini
  • UK
1 3.4

Tight clothing people wear for swimming at a beach or pool

is the revealing two part style that shows the midriff and much skin

Antonyms

32 3.2

Clothing made as a single item instead of separate parts

Compounds

9.9

Men, especially in China, roll up their shirts to show their stomachs in hot weather

A ring of small islands in the Marshall Islands where the United States tested nuclear bombs

A small, tight pair of women's underwear cut like a bikini bottom

How Revealing

thong
  • NSFW
66 6.5
bikini
125 1.0
tankini
2 3.7
one-piece
32 3.2

Surface Forms

bikini singular
bikinis plural

Etymology

The word bikini comes from Bikini Atoll, a group of islands in the Pacific where atomic bomb tests happened in 1946. A French designer named his very small two-piece swimsuit a 'bikini' because he thought it would have an 'explosive' effect on fashion, and that's why the word now means a small, revealing women's swimsuit.