trunks
Britishplural noun
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Also called: swimming trunks. a man's garment worn for swimming, either fairly loose and extending from the waist to the thigh or briefer and close-fitting
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shorts worn for some sports
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men's underpants with legs that reach midthigh
Example Sentences
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They communicate by touching each other with their trunks, smelling each other and vocalizing.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026
Circle the cottage’s hand-constructed tree trunks, and maybe, if you’re lucky, you’ll spy a tiny door hiding a little witch.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026
While moving house, Krishen discovered trunks of scripts and papers and was about to junk them before a friend alerted Dungarpur, who retrieved the material and later proposed restoring Annie.
From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026
Elephants are also well-documented using their trunks for social touch -- "they're using the outside of their trunk," Schulz said, "so they're using those portions that are covered in the whiskers."
From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026
Once familiar oaks and alders appeared strange to Taran; their dead leaves clung to the tangled branches and the black trunks jutted like charred bones.
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
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