underboob top
- noun
- /ˈʌndərbuːb tɑp/
- NSFW
- She wore a stylish underboob top to the beach.
Examples
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She felt confident and daring in her black underboob top at the summer festival.
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The new designer collection prominently features the underboob top in bold colors and patterns.
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Critics argue that the underboob top challenges traditional norms of modesty in fashion.
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Those new underboob tops are trending this summer.
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She felt confident and daring in her black underboob top at the summer festival.
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The new designer collection prominently features the underboob top in bold colors and patterns.
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Those new underboob tops are trending this summer.
Synonyms
A low opening in clothing that shows the lower part of the breasts
How Revealing
Surface Forms
Morphology
underboob + top
The phrase is compositionally built from 'under' (beneath) + 'boob' (breast) and 'top' (a garment), so a learner who knows the constituent meanings can infer it denotes a garment that shows the underside of the breasts. Although 'underboob' is informal/slang, the compound logic is transparent and readily interpretable cross-linguistically when the parts are known.
Etymology
The phrase underboob top is very literal: underboob means the lower part of the breast and top means a short shirt or bikini top. So the expression refers to a style of clothing that intentionally shows that lower part, which is why it means 'a top that shows the lower part of the breasts'.