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bikini pants

bikini pants

2.7
A small, tight pair of women's underwear cut like a bikini bottom
  • noun
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  • Many stores carry a variety of bikini pants in different colors and fabrics.

Examples

  • She prefers to wear bikini pants because they are comfortable and don't show under her clothes.

  • She bought a new pair of bikini pants for the summer.

  • After buying new bikini pants, she felt confident in her new summer outfits.

  • I love wearing bikini pants at the beach.

  • She wore her favorite bikini pants at the beach, feeling confident and stylish.

  • The store had a wide selection of bikini pants in different colors and patterns for the summer.

  • When choosing swimwear, many women prefer bikini pants for their comfort and fashionable look.

Synonyms

pants
vsbikini pants
  • UK
∞ 4.0

A woman's underwear that covers the lower body and each leg

is much smaller and designed with a low revealing cut
pantie
vsbikini pants
  • US
218 3.6

A pair of short underwear worn by women or girls

is tight fitting and cut smaller than that general short style
panty
vsbikini pants
  • US
28 2.6

A close-fitting piece of underwear for women or girls

is smaller and cut to reveal more hip and side skin
pair of underwear
vsbikini pants
7 1.0

A single piece of clothing that you wear under other clothes, usually underpants

is a specific small tight style rather than this general item
briefs
vsbikini pants
1.5

A type of short, tight underwear that covers the hips and buttocks but not the thighs

is smaller and cut to expose more hip than that form
underpants
vsbikini pants
1.0

Clothes people wear under other clothes that cover the area from the waist to the upper thighs

is smaller sits lower and shows more hip and side skin

How Revealing

thong
  • NSFW
66 6.5
bikini pants
2.7
low-rise
1 3.5
briefs
1.5

Surface Forms

bikini pants singular
bikini pants plural

Morphology

bikini + pants

The meaning is directly compositional: 'bikini' specifies a style/shape and 'pants' denotes a lower-body garment, so 'bikini pants' straightforwardly means pants/underwear shaped like a bikini bottom. A B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer this meaning from the combination, and the modifier+noun pattern is cross-linguistically common.

Etymology

Bikini pants: The name bikini pants comes from the small two-piece swimsuit called the bikini. Because these pants look like the swimsuit's lower piece, the 'bikini bottom', people started using the name for small, tight underpants, so it means 'small, tight-fitting underwear similar to a bikini bottom'.