bikini body

noun

A thin, sexy, and idealized body.

Meanings

nounbikini body (plural bikini bodies)

plural bikini bodies

  1. A thin, sexy, and idealized body.

    It was a gentle day as we drove under the lighthouse, the modern hotels leading down to their beach umbrellas sheltering the browning bikini bodies intent upon their drinks.

    1991, John Hayes, Face the Music: A Sailor's Story, Pentland Press, →ISBN, page 12
    2 more examples

    The company was gay and colorful. We had, among other things, an FLN [National Liberation Front] rebel from Algeria, a hunchback from Notre Dame, a penniless German blonde, with straight Nordic hair and a perfect bikini body, who was really going to try to make the scene at St. Tropez, […]

    1965, Antonio C. Abaya, Europe by Scooter, Manila: Erehwon, →OCLC, page 38

    If you lined up a row of people who actually lived a truly healthy balanced life, you wouldn’t see a row of people with the same ultraslim physique. You’d see people of all shapes, including those with soft tummies, cellulite and stretch marks. Most people don’t naturally have a bikini body or abs when they are at their healthiest weight.

    2019, Lyndi Cohen, edited by Melody Lord, The Nude Nutritionist: Stop Obsessing About Food + Never Diet Again, Murdoch Books, →ISBN, page 58

Translations

Finnish bikinivartalo
  • bikinivartalotype of body
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