racing briefs

noun

A briefs-style male swimsuit such as those worn in competitive swimming and diving.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounracing briefs pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyA briefs-style male swimsuit such as those worn in competitive swimming and diving.

    A quick flip-turn jackknifed his narrow hips out of the water for a second as he began another lap, exposing the most miniscule^([sic]) pair of black racing briefs that she'd ever seen outside a magazine swimwear layout.

    1989, Candace Schuler, Sophisticated Lady, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 152

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
budgie smugglersspeedosswim briefs
Cite this entry
APA

racing briefs. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/racing%20briefs

MLA

“racing briefs.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/racing%20briefs. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “racing briefs,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/racing%20briefs.

Source: racing briefs on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.