trunks

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/tɹʌŋks/

noun

Shorts or briefs used especially for sports.

Similar
short pantsshorts
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Meanings

trunks1

noun
  1. pluralplural of trunk
nountrunks pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyShorts or briefs used especially for sports.
  2. pluralplural onlySwimming trunks.

    Spread your legs and hang on till your trunks rip right up the back.

    1966, Bruce Brown, director, The Endless Summer
  3. pluralplural onlyTrunkhose.
  4. pluralplural onlyTrunk briefs.

    Roger came through, rustling up four shirts and trousers, two belts, pointed out the underwear selections, where Alex riffled through the boxers, boxer-briefs, and trunks, choosing a package of each.

    2021, Shirley Goldberg, Eat Your Heart Out
  5. UKpluralplural onlyMen’s or boys’ boxer shorts or boxer briefs.
nountrunks (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe game of nineholes.
verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of trunk

Trunks2

proper noun
  1. pluralplural of Trunk

Synonyms & antonyms

noun(used in the plural) trousers that end at or above the knee

Similar
short pantsshorts
Broader
trouserspair of trouserspant
Also see
bathing trunksshort pantsshortsswimming trunks

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Spanish bermuda
  • bermudaswimwear

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with trunks

hunksmonksdunksquincunx
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Anagrams

Strunk
Cite this entry
APA

trunks. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trunks

MLA

“trunks.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trunks. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trunks,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trunks.

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