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bikini |
a very brief, two-piece bathing suit for women, or underpants cut like the bottom half of this bathing suit. |
brief |
(pl.) close-fitting underpants for males or females that extend from the tops of the legs to the waist. [1/8 definitions] |
drawer |
(pl.) underpants. [1/3 definitions] |
knickers |
(chiefly British) underpants for women or girls. [1/3 definitions] |
panties |
brief underpants for women or children. |
pants |
(chiefly British) a short, close-fitting garment worn below the waist next to the skin and under other clothing; underpants. [1/2 definitions] |
panty |
singular form of "panties," a short lower-body undergarment typically worn by women and girls (singular form used typically as part of a compound word or to refer to underpants that are attached to a garment.) |
short |
(pl.) men's underpants. [1/16 definitions] |
union suit |
an undershirt and underpants combined in one garment. |
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