trunks

/ trʌŋks /

plural noun

1. 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

2. shorts worn for some sports

3. men's underpants with legs that reach midthigh

Example Sentences

They laid sprinkler lines and wrapped the trunks of some of the hulking trees with a fire-resistant material akin to tin foil.

From Los Angeles Times

To imitate human heat and thus deceive Ukrainian thermal imaging cameras, their trunks are wrapped with heating wire underneath the jacket.

From BBC

Nine works, including a rhino mounting a car, two elephants with their trunks stretched towards each other, and three monkeys swinging on a bridge, appeared over nine days in August 2024.

From BBC

Last August, I was standing on Lake Erie’s Ohio shore, shielding my eyes from the sun while talking to a middle-aged guy wearing swimming trunks and a shell necklace.

From Salon

Dozens of animals rely on them to survive, from ladder-backed woodpeckers who nest in their trunks to desert night lizards who sleep and forage beneath their fallen boughs.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• bikini 
• swimsuit