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boy-shorts

boy-shorts is the alternative form of boyshorts.

Meaning of boyshorts

Noun

boyshorts pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A female undergarment that covers the hips like a pair of shorts.
    • The only viable alternative, one that my daughter favored, was an item called boyshorts, a low-riding pair of short shorts loosely, or should I say tightly, based on Britney's stagewear.2003 October 6, Claudia Wallis, “The thing about thongs”, in Time
    Synonyms:
    booty shorts

Questions about boy-shorts

What is boy-shorts the alternative form of?
Boy-shorts is the alternative form of boyshorts.

Words near boy-shorts in the dictionary

  1. boy-kisser
  2. boy-kissers
  3. boy-love
  4. boy-lover
  5. boy-short
  6. boy-shorts
  7. boy-toy
  8. boy-toys
  9. Boyachek
  10. Boyack
  11. Boyacks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: boy-shorts (page history and authors); boyshorts (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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