Meanings
nountankini (plural tankinis)
plural tankinis
- A bathing suit composed of a tank top and the lower half of a bikini.
“Bar closing. Your card declined.” “Ah, man. That'll be my ex-wife going nuts on BikiniWorld.com again. She's never met a tankini she didn't wanna bring home. I'll just go get some cash out. You guys hold tight.” “Well, now, how about we get the drinks?”
2021 April 18, Kevin Avery, “Tusk in the Wind Adventure” (6:23 from the start), in The Great North, season 1, episode 9, spoken by Tusk Johnson (J.K. Simmons)
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian танки́ни
- танки́ни (tankíni)tank top and the lower half of a bikini
Czech tankiny, tankini
- tankinytank top and the lower half of a bikini
- tankinitank top and the lower half of a bikini
German Tankini
- Tankinitank top and the lower half of a bikini
Japanese タンキニ
- タンキニ (tankini)tank top and the lower half of a bikini
Korean 탱키니
- 탱키니 (taengkini)tank top and the lower half of a bikini
Polish tankini
- tankinitank top and the lower half of a bikini
Russian танкини
- танкини (tankini)tank top and the lower half of a bikini
Spanish tanquini
- tanquinitank top and the lower half of a bikini
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with tankini
bikinimartinibeanieLamborghiniSweeneygenieSantorinizucchiniteenyGiniFeeneypyreneSelenequeeniemonokiniwahinelinguinefettuccineskenecrostiniCyrenebandiniweenydamascene
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
tankini. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tankini
MLA
“tankini.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tankini. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tankini,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tankini.
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