skintight

See also: skin-tight

English

Alternative forms

• skin tight, skin-tight

Etymology

From skin +‎ tight.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

skintight (not comparable)

1. Conforming tightly to the body, snug against the skin.

   Synonyms: body-hugging, figure-hugging; see also Thesaurus:close-fitting

   • 1967 May, William F. Nolan, George Clayton Johnson, Logan's Run, Bantam, published 1976, →ISBN, page 25:

     He'd have to stow the Gun somewhere; no place to conceal it in the skintight bodysuit.

   • 2010, “Teenage Dream”, performed by Katy Perry:

     I'mma get your heart racing / In my skin-tight jeans / Be your teenage dream tonight

Translations

conforming tightly to the body

• Bulgarian: тесен (bg) (tesen), опънат (bg) (opǎnat)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 緊身 / 紧身 (zh) (jǐnshēn)

• Finnish: ihonmyötäinen
• French: moulant (fr) m, serrant (fr)
• German: hauteng (de)
• Polish: obcisły (pl)
• Russian: please add this translation if you can