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miniskirt

UK/ˈmɪnɪskəːt/

miniskirt noun: a short skirt with its hemline well above the knees, generally at mid-thigh level.

miniskirt: a short skirt with its hemline well above the knees, generally at mid-thigh level
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Noun

miniskirt (plural miniskirts)

  1. A short skirt with its hemline well above the knees, generally at mid-thigh level.
    • People who are “switched-on” and can twitch to prove it. And now–the latest—the chest toupee and the mini-skirt. […] For the benefit of those who are neither switched-on nor gear, the mini-skirt is actually a semi-skirt.1966 May 29, Russell Baker, “Observer: London Is I-Cumen In, Sing Cu-Cu”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
    • The stewardess in a miniskirt, a hippie in a leather shirt1971, Leanne Scott, “L.A. International Airport”, performed by Susan Raye

miniskirt meaning in Kannada, Arabic, Malay and Indonesian

miniskirt in Kannada

ತುಂಡುಡುಗೆ, ಕಿರಿಯುಡುಪು, ಚಿಕ್ಕುಡುಪು, ಚಿಕ್ಕ ಕೆಳ ಉಡುಪು

miniskirt in Arabic

skirt
تَنُّورَة قَصِيرَة tannūra qaṣīra, مِنِي جُوب minī žǖb

miniskirt in Malay

skirt
miniskirt

miniskirt in Indonesian

skirt
rok mini
More languagesFewer languages
miniskirt in Persian
مینی ژوپ mini-žup

Examples of miniskirt in a sentence

  • Penny was wearing a miniskirt, so she skinned her exposed knees when she fell.
  • He was lusting after the woman in the tight leather miniskirt.
  • Miniskirts were all the rage back then.

All 15 example sentences with miniskirt

Forms of miniskirt

pluralminiskirts
alternative formmini-skirt
alternative formmini skirt

Origin of miniskirt

From mini- + skirt.

Words formed from miniskirt

Questions about miniskirt

What does miniskirt mean?
Miniskirt means a short skirt with its hemline well above the knees, generally at mid-thigh level.
What is miniskirt in Kannada?
Miniskirt in Kannada is ತುಂಡುಡುಗೆ, ಕಿರಿಯುಡುಪು, ಚಿಕ್ಕುಡುಪು. See Miniskirt meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is miniskirt?
Miniskirt is a noun.
How do you pronounce miniskirt?
Miniskirt is pronounced /ˈmɪnɪskəːt/ (UK).
What is the plural of miniskirt?
The plural of miniskirt is miniskirts.

Words near miniskirt in the dictionary

  1. minishunts
  2. Minisink
  3. minisite
  4. minisites
  5. miniski
  6. miniskirt
  7. miniskirted
  8. miniskirts
  9. miniskis
  10. minislice
  11. minislices

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: miniskirt (page history and authors); miniskirt (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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