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bikini definition

bi·kini (bi kē′nē)

noun

  1. a very brief two-piece swimsuit for women
  2. very brief, legless underpants or swimming trunks

Etymology: Fr, after Bikini, Marshall Islands atomic bomb testing site (1946); to suggest the explosive effect on the viewer

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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