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skintight

American  
[skin-tahyt] / ˈskɪnˈtaɪt /

adjective

  1. fitting almost as tightly as skin.

    skintight trousers.
skintight British  
/ ˈskɪnˈtaɪt /

adjective

  1. (of garments) fitting tightly over the body; clinging

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Etymology

Origin of skintight

First recorded in 1880–85; skin + tight

Example Sentences

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Only once he’s in a skintight ski suit does the 29-year-old from Norway begin to resemble his true identity: greatest winter Olympian of all time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

When New York City was rattled by an earthquake earlier this year, Hernández threw on a skintight jumpsuit and a cap with NYC on it to embody the trembler.

From Salon • Nov. 9, 2024

She wore a black skintight leather dress with red stitching and long latex gloves, as she strutted down the runway for the designers Vin + Omi's 20th anniversary show.

From BBC • Sep. 14, 2024

It’s 100 degrees in North Hollywood and Roxy Rose, 60, is inside her neon studio clad in a skintight camel-colored getup, complete with her signature cowboy hat.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2023

His patterns are silver, stretching over his body like a skintight spiderweb.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

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