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boxer-short

boxer-short is the attributive form of boxer shorts.

Meaning of boxer shorts

Noun

boxer shorts pl (plural only, attributive boxer-short or boxer short)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Loose shorts worn as underwear by men.
    • The average man's wardrobe holds eight pairs of boxer shorts or briefs; the average woman's, twice as many undies.1985 April 29, New York Magazine, page 28

Forms of boxer-short

alternative formboxer short

Questions about boxer-short

What is boxer-short the attributive form of?
Boxer-short is the attributive form of boxer shorts.

Words near boxer-short in the dictionary

  1. boxer short
  2. boxer shorts
  3. boxer's fracture
  4. boxer's fractures
  5. boxer-briefs
  6. boxer-short
  7. boxercise
  8. boxered
  9. Boxerism
  10. boxerly
  11. boxers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: boxer-short (page history and authors); boxer shorts (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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