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thigh gap

thigh gap noun: a space between the inner thighs of some people when standing upright with feet touching.

thigh gap: a space between the inner thighs of some people when standing upright with feet touching
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Noun

thigh gap (countable and uncountable, plural thigh gaps)

  1. A space between the inner thighs of some people when standing upright with feet touching.
    • From there you can find thousands of pictures of bloody wrists and thighs, messages of despair and cries for help, and photos of underweight women that mostly focus on apparent ribs, concave stomachs, thigh gaps, and prominent hip and collar bones.2013 February 8, Tina Hassannia, “Waging war on web ‘thinspiration’”, in The Guardian
    • When she said that, I looked around to see who had thigh gaps.2014, Laurie Friedman, Too Good to Be True, →ISBN, page 58

Examples of thigh gap in a sentence

  • Before starving yourself to death, please be informed that thigh gap is a matter of bone structure which most teen girls don't have and those who have it were created that way.2016, Nelson Mwangi, Street: Strategy to Reach Edify & Empower Teens, →ISBN:
  • And let me tell you this about Danni -- she's like one of those mean sorority sisters who will happily circle your problem areas with a red Sharpie and mock you if you don't have a thigh gap.”2016, Haleigh Lovell, The Slam (A Romance):

Forms of thigh gap

pluralthigh gaps

Questions about thigh gap

What does thigh gap mean?
Thigh gap means a space between the inner thighs of some people when standing upright with feet touching.
How do you use thigh gap in a sentence?
Before starving yourself to death, please be informed that thigh gap is a matter of bone structure which most teen girls don't have and those who have it were created that way.
What part of speech is thigh gap?
Thigh gap is a noun.
What is the plural of thigh gap?
The plural of thigh gap is thigh gaps.

Words near thigh gap in the dictionary

  1. thiggers
  2. thigging
  3. thigh
  4. thigh boot
  5. thigh boots
  6. thigh gap
  7. thigh gaps
  8. thigh master
  9. thigh masters
  10. thigh pad
  11. thigh pads

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