skintight

[ skin-tahyt ]

/ ˈskɪnˈtaɪt /

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adjective

fitting almost as tightly as skin: skintight trousers.

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Origin of skintight

First recorded in 1880–85; skin + tight

Words nearby skintight

skin ridge, skin search, skint, skin tag, skin test, skintight, skin traction, skin up, skip, ski pants, skip bail

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How to use skintight in a sentence

It doesn’t matter that we ride around in skintight, crotch-hugging outfits—what former pro rider and Education First team boss Jonathan Vaughters calls “the functional equivalent of underwear.”
In Defense of Shirtless Bike Dude|jversteegh|September 30, 2021|Outside Online
That’s how I found myself, on a Friday afternoon, swapping my gym clothes for a skintight shirt.
Can Zapping Your Muscles Enhance Strength Training?|syadron|August 7, 2021|Outside Online
There’s the story line involving a checked-out Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham, who are grabbing their skintight shirts on the way out the door to their characters’ 2019 spinoff.
The Fast and Furious franchise ranked, from worst to best|Hau Chu|June 24, 2021|Washington Post
I had resigned myself to languish in the often pocketless, less breathable, beltloop-less, skintight world of leggings forever.
At Last, the Perfect Hiking Pants for Curvy Women|Kaelyn Lynch|March 25, 2021|Outside Online

Sewn with a denim-Cordura-blend fabric, they’re formfitting, not skintight, and have a midrise contoured waist that wasn’t revealing when I was benching trail or clearing yard waste.
7 of My Favorite Women’s Workwear Pieces|Berne Broudy|March 22, 2021|Outside Online
Her skintight sparkly black dress did not look too easy to strut down the catwalk in.
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Then, from my left, a tall, beautiful girl, graceful as a gazelle in skintight jeans and high heels, slinked over to me.
My Parents' Brothel|Douglas Rogers|December 6, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Underneath they wore the warm gray skintight workers' clothing of Vinin.
The Instant of Now|Irving E. Cox, Jr.
The stranger wore a garment of glistening skintight material which covered body, legs, and feet, but left his lanky arms bare.
Key Out of Time|Andre Alice Norton
But the round, slightly oversized skull was bare, the clothing skintight to reveal unnaturally thin limbs.
The Defiant Agents|Andre Alice Norton

British Dictionary definitions for skintight

skintight

/ (ˈskɪnˈtaɪt) /

adjective

(of garments) fitting tightly over the body; clinging

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