swimming trunks
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1.1
- noun
- /ˈswɪmɪŋ trʌŋks/
- UK
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bañador
- He forgot to bring his swimming trunks, so he couldn't join us in the pool.
- a pair of swimming trunks
- wearing swimming trunks
- red swimming trunks
You have to wear swim trunks only, no wet suits.
- You have to wear swim trunks only, no wet suits.
- Do not wear really long swim trunks because you're going to look too short.
- So these are Jayden's swim trunks.
- Tiger Don Teddy and then I got another T-shirt which I think would look so cute with the swim trunks.
- There's zero chafe stretch swim trunks feature quick drying four way stretch fabric made sustainably from recycled plastic bottles.
- I went to Walmart and I bought swimming trunks, tank top, and then somebody made fun of me because it had the the little Q Walmart logo.
Examples
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Leon pulls a pair of swimming trunks from the sand.
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You have to wear swim trunks only, no wet suits.
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You need to get your swim trunks on.
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Uh... a new pair of swim trunks and a new hat.
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Look, I brought my swim trunks like you said.
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I got some swimming trunks in the bedroom.
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I'll be wearing swimming trunks.
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I was just going upstairs to get my swimming trunks on.
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Yes, I'm going to put on my swimming trunks
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But we don't have any swimming trunks.
Synonyms
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1.0
A piece of clothing you wear for swimming
80
1.0
Clothing worn for swimming that covers the body
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3.6
A brand of tight men's swimsuit often worn for swimming or competitions
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1.0
Clothes worn for swimming in a pool or at the beach
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1.8
Short pants that end near the knee and people wear for swimming or boxing
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1.3
A tight piece of clothing you wear in the water
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3.4
Tight clothing people wear for swimming at a beach or pool
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1.6
Short clothes that men wear for swimming
How Long
- UK
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1.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'swimming' (the activity) with 'trunks' (a type of short trousers), yielding 'shorts for swimming'. While 'trunks' has other senses (e.g., tree trunk, car trunk), the modifier 'swimming' clearly disambiguates the clothing sense, and this compositional pattern is common and cross-linguistically accessible to learners who know both words.
Etymology
Swimming trunks comes from trunks, a word that once meant 'short pants' often worn for bathing. So swimming trunks simply means the short pants you wear 'to swim'.