bathing trunks
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1.6
- noun
- /ˈbeɪðɪŋ trʌŋks/
:
bañador
- On hot summer days, many men wear bathing trunks to the beach.
- wear bathing trunks
Examples
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He put on his bathing trunks and jumped into the pool.
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He wore slippery maroon bathing trunks at home, with no shirt to cover his round hairy stomach, and glossy leather slippers.
Fiction book (2001) -
Come in the bath with your bathing trunks.
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I didn't say anything even when he came down a few minutes later in his bathing trunks.
Fiction book (1990) -
He wore dark glasses and iridescent blue bathing trunks with fish circling back to front.
Fiction book (1997) -
He glances over, sees Clay in plaid bathing trunks, sitting apart from the others.
Fiction book (1998) -
She seemed a different order of being from Mrs. Finston in her jeans and sneakers, and Mr. Finston in his bathing trunks.
Fiction book (2001) -
He was wearing his cherry-colored bathing trunks with a terry-cloth robe draped over his shoulders.
Fiction book (1998) -
He (hirsute) is in a sleeveless undershirt and baggy bathing trunks.
Fiction book (1999) -
He was short, muscular, and bronze, and as I watched him change from jeans to bathing trunks before he got into the driver's seat, I knew there was no line either at the belly or thigh to indicate any lighter color of skin.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
96
1.0
A piece of clothing you wear for swimming
80
1.0
Clothing worn for swimming that covers the body
10
3.6
A brand of tight men's swimsuit often worn for swimming or competitions
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1.1
Shorts that men or boys wear for swimming
7
1.0
Clothes worn for swimming in a pool or at the beach
1
1.8
Short pants that end near the knee and people wear for swimming or boxing
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3.4
Tight clothing people wear for swimming at a beach or pool
How Covering
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'shorts worn for swimming' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'bathing' (relating to swimming/washing) with 'trunks' (short trousers). This is a regular descriptive compound following common English noun-modifier patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should be able to infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Bathing trunks is simply a name for the clothes: bathing means 'swimming' and trunks means short pants people wear in the water. So today bathing trunks means 'a pair of shorts made for swimming'.