bikini

  • 21bikini — /bi kee nee/, n., pl. bikinis. 1. a very brief, close fitting, two piece bathing suit for women or girls. 2. a very brief, close fitting pair of bathing trunks for men or boys. 3. Often, bikinis. underwear briefs that are fitted low on the hip or …

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  • 22Bikini — /bi kee nee/, n. an atoll in the N Pacific, in the Marshall Islands: atomic bomb tests 1946. 3 sq. mi. (8 sq. km). * * * Atoll with about 20 islets (pop. 1999: 13), Marshall Islands, Micronesia. It was administered by the U.S. from 1947 as part… …

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  • 23Bikini —    A bathing suit design consisting of two pieces, a top and a bottom piece, which cover a woman s breast and pantie areas. The bikini, which was originally designed by Louis Reard in Paris in 1946, is often characterized by its minimal… …

    Historical Dictionary of the Fashion Industry

  • 24Bikini — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Bikini », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Bikini, atoll des îles Marshall, théâtre d… …

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  • 25Bikini — Bi|ki|ni [bi ki:ni], der; s, s: aus zwei Teilen bestehender, knapper Badeanzug für Frauen: sie trägt lieber einen Bikini als einen Badeanzug. * * * Bi|ki|ni 〈m. 6; umg.〉 meist knapper zweiteiliger Badeanzug für Damen [nach dem Bikini Atoll der… …

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  • 26bikini — noun /bɪˈkiːni/ A brief two piece bathing suit worn by women. Cole has little but scorn for Frances 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 …

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  • 27Bikini — ► sustantivo masculino INDUMENTARIA Y MODA Biquini, prenda de baño. * * * bikini (de «Bikini», atolón de las islas Marshall) m. Variante ortográfica de «biquini». * * * bikini. (De …

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  • 28bikini — ► sustantivo masculino INDUMENTARIA Y MODA Biquini, prenda de baño. * * * bikini (de «Bikini», atolón de las islas Marshall) m. Variante ortográfica de «biquini». * * * bikini. (De Bikini, nombre de un atolón de las Islas Marshall). m. biquini. * …

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  • 29bikini — [20] For Frenchmen, the sight of the first minimal two piece swimming costumes for women produced by fashion designers in 1947 was as explosive as the test detonation of an atom bomb by the USA at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands, in the… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 30bikini — n ndm «damski kostium plażowy, dwuczęściowy, o bardzo krótkich majteczkach, sięgających zaledwie do połowy bioder» Efektowne, kolorowe bikini. Bikini z elastycznego materiału. Nosić bikini. Chodzić w bikini. ‹od nazwy atolu› …

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