boy shorts

or boy·shorts

[ boi-shawrts ]

/ ˈbɔɪ ˌʃɔrts /

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plural noun

underpants or swimsuit bottoms for women that are cut like very brief and very tight-fitting shorts: boy shorts for everyday wear, and lace panties for special occasions.

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Also called boy legs

[boi-legz] /ˈbɔɪ ˌlɛgz/ .

Origin of boy shorts

First recorded in 1945–50

Words nearby boy shorts

boy racer, Boys' Brigade, Boy Scout, Boy Scouts of America, boysenberry, boy shorts, Boys will be boys, boysy, boy toy, boy wonder, Boz

How to use boy shorts in a sentence

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In the 90s, it kept gay men out of leadership roles in the Boy Scouts of America.
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This is Bey and Nicki at their most lyrically masochistic, and boy, is it a treat.
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The former Virginia governor was once the golden boy of the GOP.
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The first public screening of Pathé film shorts took place sometime around 1903.
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A little boy of four was moved to passionate grief at the sight of a dead dog taken from a pond.
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You see, I'd always thought of him as the boy whom Great-aunt Lucia described having seen.
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Poor Squinty ran and tried to hide under the straw, for he knew the boy was talking about him.
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A look of passion came into the face of the watching boy, and again he fingered his revolver.
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Several times after this the boy and his sisters came to look down into the pig pen.
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British Dictionary definitions for boy shorts

boyshorts

/ (ˈbɔɪˌʃɔːts) /

pl n

women's underpants which resemble close-fitting shorts, sitting below the waist and stretching to the tops of the legs

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