bikini
bikini definition
bi·kini (bi kē′nē)
noun
- a very brief two-piece swimsuit for women
- 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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