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skinsuit

Syllables: skin·suitUK/ˈskɪnˌsuːt/US/ˈskɪnˌsut/

skinsuit noun: a skin-tight garment covering the torso or the whole of the body.

Noun

skinsuit (plural skinsuits)

  1. A skin-tight garment covering the torso or the whole of the body.
    • Furniss pointed out that in 1972, a year before Lycra skinsuits replaced nylon-skirted suits to spark the first swimwear revolution of the modern era, there were 53 world records set.2008 April 11, Karen Crouse, “Scrutiny of Suit Rises as World Records Fall”, in New York Times

Forms of skinsuit

pluralskinsuits

Origin of skinsuit

From skin + suit.

Words formed from skinsuit

Questions about skinsuit

What does skinsuit mean?
Skinsuit means a skin-tight garment covering the torso or the whole of the body.
What part of speech is skinsuit?
Skinsuit is a noun.
How do you pronounce skinsuit?
Skinsuit is pronounced /ˈskɪnˌsuːt/ (UK).
What is the plural of skinsuit?
The plural of skinsuit is skinsuits.

Words near skinsuit in the dictionary

  1. skins the cat
  2. skins the lamb
  3. skins up
  4. skinsful
  5. skinship
  6. skinsuit
  7. skinsuited
  8. skinsuits
  9. skint
  10. skintag
  11. skintags

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