capri
- noun
- /kæˈpri/
- When Bhadraa reappeared, she was wearing capri pants, a button-down blouse, and flip-flops.
- capri pants
- capri jeans
- tight capri
The capris, the capris, the capris dance slacks.
- The capris, the capris, the capris dance slacks.
- Like a khaki cargo short, I believe it was or maybe a Capri, but it was like not a pant with a white cami.
Examples
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I opted for capri pants and a light long-sleeve shirt, which seemed to do just the trick.
Blog text (8) -
Loretta wore cat's-eye sunglasses and capri pants between the eras in which they were fashionable, but she was stylish to me, and she could move fast.
Fiction book (2001) -
Culottes are basically wide leg but Capri length, so wide leg cuts off right below the knee.
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I bought the cropped like Capri wonder unders.
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I like a Capri length, a mid calf, low calf length.
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She is wearing black stretch capri pants like the ones Lynne's mother used to wear, but somehow they look nothing like they did on her mother.
Fiction book (1992) -
Iris had on a white T-shirt and sky-blue capri pants.
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Marge was short and bottom-heavy, wearing turquoise stretch capri pants with a big T-shirt that had glittery pink and orange flamingos on it.
Synonyms
Close-fitting women's pants that end at the calf like those worn by bullfighters
How Short
Surface Forms
Etymology
Capri is the name given to the short, close-fitting pants because they were named after the Italian island Capri, where people liked light, seaside clothes. So, to remember capri, think of walking on that island in pants that stop below the knee and feel summery.