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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024bi•ki•ni /bɪˈkini/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -nis. - Clothinga very small two-piece bathing suit for women or a one-piece bathing suit for men.
- ClothingOften, bikinis. [plural] underpants fitted low on the hip.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bi•ki•ni (bi kē′nē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -nis. - Clothinga very brief, close-fitting, two-piece bathing suit for women or girls.
- Clothinga very brief, close-fitting pair of bathing trunks for men or boys.
- ClothingOften, bikinis. underwear briefs that are fitted low on the hip or below it.
- French, apparently named after Bikini
- 1945–50
Bi•ki•ni (bi kē′nē),USA pronunciation n. - Place Namesan atoll in the N Pacific, in the Marshall Islands: atomic bomb tests 1946. 3 sq. mi. (8 sq. km).
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: bikini /bɪˈkiːnɪ/ n ( pl -nis)- a woman's very brief two-piece swimming costume
Etymology: 20th Century: after Bikini atoll, from a comparison between the devastating effect of the atomic-bomb test and the effect caused by women wearing bikinis Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Bikini /bɪˈkiːnɪ/ n - an atoll in the N Pacific; one of the Marshall Islands: site of a US atomic-bomb test in 1946
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