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trunks

trunks

1 1.8
Short pants that end near the knee and people wear for swimming or boxing
  • noun
  • /trʌŋks/
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  • Do not wear really long swim trunks because you're going to look too short.

They're available in multiple silhouettes, box briefs, long box briefs, trunks, and briefs.

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Examples

  • Found these sweet swim trunks at the Idaho date.

  • OK, so we've got back from breakfast, I've got Bobby to get changed into his like grab his swimming trunks and he's going to meet me at the pool.

  • So now on deck, just in my trunks, just putting my hand in.

  • Dan needs some swim trunks so we're here picking out some swim trunks.

  • I'll have a pair of workout shorts that also double as swim trunks and, and just regular shorts.

  • I bought some great swimming shorts because I bought these like salmony pink swimming trunks a while ago.

  • They have a swim line with trunks and board shorts that are quick to dry and have four way stretch fabric.

  • OK, you might think I'm wearing swim trunks and I'm wearing these my Lionel shoes, these like super bright white tennis shoes, like no socks.

  • We got puzzles, puzzle, notebook, blankets, tote bags, swim trunks, crop tops, T-shirts, koala club.

  • He packed his trunks for the beach trip, ready to swim in the ocean.

Synonyms

Speedo
vstrunks
10 3.6

A brand of tight men's swimsuit often worn for swimming or competitions

are knee length rather than tight brief swimwear
swimming trunks
vstrunks
  • UK
9 1.1

Shorts that men or boys wear for swimming

covers a wider range of sports beyond swimming
short pants
vstrunks
5 1.0

Trousers ending above the knee that people wear in warm weather or for sports

is more tied to swimming, boxing, and athletic use
Bermuda shorts
vstrunks
3 2.5

Short trousers that reach to or just above the knee, often worn in warm weather

are more for warm weather than for athletic or boxing use
shorts
vstrunks
1 1.0

Clothes worn on the lower body that end above the knee and have two separate legs

is mainly used for swimming, boxing, or athletic activities
bathing trunks
vstrunks
1 1.6

Short clothes that men wear for swimming

include athletic and boxing uses as well as swimming
Jamaica shorts
vstrunks
2.8

Short pants that end at the knee and are worn for sport or hot weather

are more casual and not mainly for swimming or boxing
knickers
vstrunks
  • Archaic
7.7

Short trousers that end above the knee, often worn by boys or for sports

are older term often tied to children's or historical sports clothing

Antonyms

1 1.0

A piece of clothing that covers both legs down to the ankles

Compounds

9 1.1

Shorts that men or boys wear for swimming

Short clothes that men wear for swimming

How Short

briefs
1.5
shorts
1 1.0
trunks
1 1.8
knee pants
  • Archaic
1 9.9

Surface Forms

trunk singular
trunks plural

Morphology

trunks = trunk (opaque) = trunk + s

The form is simply the plural of 'trunk', but the sense 'short trousers/swimming shorts' is historically specific and not predictable from the common senses of 'trunk'.

Etymology

Trunks comes from an old name, trunk hose, for short pants people wore long ago. The part trunc- meant 'cut off', so trunks are 'cut-off' or short trousers, which is why we call swimming and boxing shorts trunks.