jockey shorts
jockey shorts noun: men's or boys' briefs.
Noun
jockey shorts pl (plural only)
- Men's or boys' briefs.
- He had left his swimming suit at home, but going around in his jockey shorts seemed a good substitute.1980, William Hogan, The Quartzsite Trip, page 209
- Back in his stateroom, sitting in his black jockey shorts, Scotty once again felt the exhaustion creep back into his body.2000, Charles Edward Gibb, Murder on the Cocktail Circuit, page 194
- Synonyms:
- underwear
Examples of jockey shorts in a sentence
- In my jockey shorts I quickly tiptoed on bare feet down the still corridor to embrace my beaming rosy-cheeked bedfellow before the elevator arrived.2011, Howard S. Rowland, Robinson Crusoe in Suburbia, page 64:
- We sat in our jockey shorts and t-shirts drinking whiskey.2018, C. Dale Young, The Affliction, page 14:
Synonyms of jockey shorts
Origin of jockey shorts
Former trade name, from jockstrap, since they were regarded as offering a similar level of physical support.
Words formed from jockey shorts
Questions about jockey shorts
- What does jockey shorts mean?
- Jockey shorts means men's or boys' briefs.
- How do you use jockey shorts in a sentence?
- In my jockey shorts I quickly tiptoed on bare feet down the still corridor to embrace my beaming rosy-cheeked bedfellow before the elevator arrived.
- What part of speech is jockey shorts?
- Jockey shorts is a noun.
Words near jockey shorts in the dictionary
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