Bikininame/bɪˈkiː.ni/

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  Bikini atoll.

bikininoun/bɪˈkiː.ni/

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  A brief, often minimalistic two-piece bathing suit worn by women, especially one that exposes the midriff and navel.

  • Cole has little but scorn for France's famed Bikini bathing suits. Explains he: " French girls, have short legs. Swimsuits have to be hiked up at the sides to make their legs look longer. "
  • The café where they were gathered, Bikini Beans, was part of a chain whose baristas wear bikinis.
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  A brief bathing suit covering only the pelvis (equivalent to the bottom portion of a two-piece bikini), worn by any gender.

  • We high-schoolers didn't understand why death came in the form of a gorgeous young man with muscles in a skimpy bikini.
  • […]a group of bikini-clad young men had started a game, and Alex could see why lifeguards referred to men's bikinis as banana hammocks. She made a mental note: No men in bikinis in my picnic issue. She was also, naturally, noticing what the women were wearing. It was, as Mel had said, mostly shorts and cutoffs, halters, cotton[…]
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  Brief underpants or trousers that reach to the hips rather than the waist and have high cut leg holes.

  • Boxer shorts, knitted briefs, and bikinis are the most popular styles in shorts, formerly called “drawers.”
  • […] slid his pants off, revealing glimpses of red cotton bikinis covered by the tail of his white oxford.