tighties
tighties noun: form-fitting cycling shorts.
Noun (1)
tighties pl (plural only)
- Form-fitting cycling shorts.
- I've worn these in town and on long trail rides, and I'm awed by how such simple pants work so well in the saddle. I wouldn't choose the Shins for a multiday stage race but somehow, even among the megaexpensive Euro tighties I own, these understated, made-in-San Francisco knickers have become a...2008, Bicycling Vol. 49 No. 1 ”The Long and Short of It”, page 96
- Cycle the workout tighties into your daily attire by balancing them with longer blazers or, another new trend, updated safari jackets.2019, Stacey Makiya, Brie Thalmann, HonoluluMagazine.com, “New Year, New Gear: Where to Shop in Honolulu Right Now”
Noun (2)
tighties pl (plural only)
- Men's or boys' briefs.
- A padded knee shattered my balls. I doubled over in the hallway, coughing up blood and yellow stuff I thought might be bile. Though wracked with pain, I was glad I wore briefs. My tighties kept those precious little orbs in place.2005, Mike Philbin, CHIMERAWORLD #1, page 113
- In addition, nowhere in the article did I sense that anyone is angry at Serrano or blaming the school for lax security or getting their tighties in a twiddle about this or that.2010, Matt Soper, Raising Up a Testimony, →ISBN, page 64
Examples of tighties in a sentence
- I wouldn't choose the Shins for a multiday stage race but somehow, even among the megaexpensive Euro tighties I own, these understated, made-in-San Francisco knickers have become a favorite.2008, Bicycling Vol. 49 No. 1 ”The Long and Short of It”, page 96:
- “You wearing tighties or boxers, big boy?” Liv says to Marcus.2014, Stephen Graham Jones, Paul Tremblay, Floating Boy and the Girl Who Couldn’t Fly, page ?:
- A pack of teenage boys gathers at the bottom of the stairway, wearing their tough gangsta pusses and pants hanging below their tighties.2015, Lisa Genova, Inside the O'Briens, page 220:
- "You know the routine, down to your tighties," Sam said.2020, Bryan W. Conway, Sandusky Burning:
Synonyms of tighties
Origin of tighties
From tight + -ies.
Clipping of tighty whities.
Phrases with tighties
Questions about tighties
- What does tighties mean?
- Tighties means form-fitting cycling shorts.
- How do you use tighties in a sentence?
- I wouldn't choose the Shins for a multiday stage race but somehow, even among the megaexpensive Euro tighties I own, these understated, made-in-San Francisco knickers have become a favorite.
- What part of speech is tighties?
- Tighties is a noun.
Words near tighties in the dictionary
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