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bikini|bɪˈkiːnɪ|
[f. Bikini, name of an atoll in the Marshall Islands where an atomic bomb test was carried out in July, 1946.]
a. A large explosion. (? Obs.)
1947Daily Tel. 19 Apr. 6/6 Those in [the troopship] must have had a splendid view of what..was a miniature Bikini.
b. [a. Fr., app. f. prec. sense.] A scanty two-piece beach garment worn by women. Also attrib. and Comb. Hence biˈkinied a., clad in a bikini.
[1947Le Monde Illustré Août 929/1 Bikini, ce mot cinglant comme l'explosion même..correspondait au niveau du vêtement de plage à un anéantissement de la surface vêtue; à une minimisation extrême de la pudeur.] 1948Newsweek 14 June 33 This..French beauty..shows the 1948 countertrend against the skimpy ‘Bikini’ style..which swept French beaches and beauty contests last year. 1950News of World 25 June 5/6 ― made an unsuccessful attempt yesterday to swim in a Hampstead Heath pond in her home-made ‘Bikini’ costume. 1955Times 6 July 12/7 The Watch Committee there..has never yet lost a night's sleep over a bikini. 1957Times 2 July 11/6 ‘What is a bikini?’..‘A small pair of pants and a brassière.’ 1959N.Z. Listener 9 Jan. 4/2 The bikinied beauties of the Redleaf Pool. 1959Times (Suppl. Britain's Food) 9 Mar. p. xii/5 The wrapping is not a bikini-sized tissue. 1963Economist 3 Aug. 422/2 Our bikini-clad assaults on Spanish beaches. 1967C. Drummond Death at Furlong Post xi. 131 He accidentally lodged a ball-bearing in the navel of a bikinied damsel.
▸ In sing. and pl. Chiefly N. Amer. A pair of short, close-fitting men's swimming trunks.
1957F. Kohner Gidget 96 Boy, did he look dapper. Up to now I had seen him only in his Bikinis. 1972Penthouse Jan. 118/1 (advt.) Accent Pouch Bikini brief, for the daring undercover man. 1979R. Jaffe Class Reunion (1980) ii. ix. 280 A beautiful young man in a tiny bikini. 1998Time Out N.Y. 2–9 July 101/1 Men baking themselves to a crisp in a rainbow assortment of nutsack bikinis.
▸ Chiefly N. Amer. A pair of scanty, low-cut briefs. Freq. attrib., esp. in bikini briefs.
1969Sears Catal. Spring–Summer 389/1 Days of the week bikinis... Sturdy elastic at waist and legs. 1979R. B. Edgerton Alone Together v. 90 The man quickly pulled off his clothes down to a pair of very small bikini briefs. 1989Premiere Dec. 33/3 So we wondered why, when a man onscreen strips down to his skivvies, he's often wearing black bikini underwear. 1992M. Leyner Et Tu, Babe (1993) ii. 40 A voluptuous redhead in burnished gold satin and black lace demi-cup bra and bikini, was staring into space as she conjured her ultimate turn-on. 2000Big Issue 4 Sept. 11/1 Olympic pin-ups... Triathlete Loklan McMichael jogs in a wet T-shirt and bikini briefs.
▸ bikini line n. the area of skin around the edge of the bottom half of a bikini (used esp. with reference to the cosmetic removal of pubic hair in this area); (hence) a woman's pubic hair line.
1979Arizona Daily Star 1 Apr. k5/1 She offers bald cures, super-secret Romanian facials, pedicures.., ‘*bikini-line waxing’ among other things, as her specialities for the discriminating disco dancer. 1995Independent 3 Nov. ii. 21/2 Beauty contestants all over London are practising their catwalk shimmy, fluffing out tulle creations and waxing their bikini lines in time for tonight. 2001Canberra Times (Nexis) 17 Aug. a2 [She] waxed 77 bikini lines in four hours at a London salon on Wednesday.
▸ bikini wax n. a depilatory treatment in which unwanted hair is removed from the bikini line using wax (cf. wax n.1 Additions).
1975Dallas Morning News 14 Mar. e5/6 Since the string bikini is so skimpy, many women will have to invest in a *bikini wax if they want to wear this fashion. 2003Company June 93 Why didn't I go for the Brazilian instead of my normal bikini wax? |