thigh gap

noun

A space between the inner thighs of some people when standing upright with feet touching.

Meanings

nounthigh gap (countable and uncountable, plural thigh gaps)

plural thigh gaps

  1. countableuncountableA space between the inner thighs of some people when standing upright with feet touching.

    When she said that, I looked around to see who had thigh gaps.

    2014, Laurie Friedman, Too Good to Be True, →ISBN, page 58
    3 more examples

    From there you can find thousands of pictures of bloody wrists and thighs, messages of despair and cries for help, and photos of underweight women that mostly focus on apparent ribs, concave stomachs, thigh gaps, and prominent hip and collar bones.

    2013 February 8, Tina Hassannia, “Waging war on web ‘thinspiration’”, in The Guardian

    Before starving yourself to death, please be informed that thigh gap is a matter of bone structure which most teen girls don't have and those who have it were created that way.

    2016, Nelson Mwangi, Street: Strategy to Reach Edify & Empower Teens, →ISBN

    And let me tell you this about Danni -- she's like one of those mean sorority sisters who will happily circle your problem areas with a red Sharpie and mock you if you don't have a thigh gap.”

    2016, Haleigh Lovell, The Slam (A Romance)

Translations

Esperanto femurfendo
  • femurfendogap between thighs
German Oberschenkellücke
  • Oberschenkellückegap between thighs
Japanese サイギャップ
  • サイギャップ (saigyappu)gap between thighs
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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