Synonyms for bikini

Grammar : Noun

Spell : bih-kee-nee

Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈki ni

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Définition of bikini

Origin : "low-waisted two-piece women's bathing suit," 1948, from French coinage, 1947, named for U.S. A-bomb test of June 1946 on Bikini, Marshall Islands atoll, locally Pikinni and said to derive from pik "surface" and ni "coconut," but this is uncertain. Various explanations for the swimsuit name have been suggested, none convincingly, the best being an analogy of the explosive force of the bomb and the impact of the bathing suit style on men's libidos (cf. c.1900 British slang assassin "an ornamental bow worn on the female breast," so called because it was very "killing").
Bikini, ce mot cinglant comme l'explosion même ... correspondant au niveau du vêtement de plage à on anéantissement de la surface vêtue; à une minimisation extrême de la pudeur. [Le Monde, 1947]
As a style of scanty briefs, from 1960. Variant trikini (1967), with separate bra cups held on by Velcro, falsely presumes a compound in bi-.

As in panties : noun women's underwear
As in bathing suit : noun swimming suit
As in swimsuit : noun bathing suit
As in underwear : noun clothing worn under outerwear
As in swimming suit : noun clothing for swimming

Example sentences :

Morrison obtained a series of birds at Bikini in April and May, 1946.
Extract from : « The Avifauna of Micronesia, Volume 3 » by Rollin H. Baker

In 1946, Morrison obtained plover in nuptial plumage at Bikini on May 3.
Extract from : « The Avifauna of Micronesia, Volume 3 » by Rollin H. Baker

Bikini in 1946 was the scene of the first peacetime tests of atomic weapons.
Extract from : « Atoms, Nature, and Man » by Neal O. Hines

The first of these surveys was conducted near Eniwetok and Bikini.
Extract from : « Atoms, Nature, and Man » by Neal O. Hines

Doctor Wetmore kindly made available many of the birds collected at Bikini during the atomic bomb experiments.
Extract from : « The Avifauna of Micronesia, Volume 3 » by Rollin H. Baker

Morrison obtained ten specimens at Bikini in the period from March through May in 1946.
Extract from : « The Avifauna of Micronesia, Volume 3 » by Rollin H. Baker

Following the pattern set by the Bikini tests, only a select score of press and radio representatives were admitted.
Extract from : « The Brain » by Alexander Blade

Through the years of testing and later, Bikini also was the site of repeated biological investigations.
Extract from : « Atoms, Nature, and Man » by Neal O. Hines

Bikini Atoll, scientists believed, needed only clearing and cultivation to make it once again suitable for human habitation.
Extract from : « Atoms, Nature, and Man » by Neal O. Hines

Bikini became, as it remains to this day, one of the most thoroughly familiar ocean structures in the world.
Extract from : « Atoms, Nature, and Man » by Neal O. Hines

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