skintight

[skin-tahyt]

adjective

1. fitting almost as tightly as skin.

   skintight trousers.

skintight

/ ˈskɪnˈtaɪt /

adjective

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of skintight¹

First recorded in 1880–85; skin + tight

Example Sentences

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.

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In our band, there is no difference — these guys’ll wear those skintight pants to do yard work.

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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.

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Zendaya, clad in a skintight dress, gyrates on a dance floor in “Challengers,” a $56 million sports drama that arrived in multiplexes on Friday.

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Her stunt of marching through Congress in a skintight "scarlet A" T-shirt only reinforced the narrative that her only goal is getting on camera.

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Related Words

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• inflexible 
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• stable 
• steady 
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• strained 
• strong 
• sturdy 
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• thick 
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