body-hugging
English
Adjective
body-hugging (comparative more body-hugging, superlative most body-hugging)
- (of clothing) Clinging tightly to one's body.
- 2009, Peter Walker, The Guardian, 9 Oct 2009:
- You might think you look great in the full, body-hugging Lycra gimp suit, but chances are your girlfriend disagrees – according to the poll only 7% of the women asked found it a good look.
- 2013, Iris Smyles, Iris Has Free Time, Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, →ISBN, page 12:
- I headed east toward Broadway and then down again, bobbing along the rushing river of shoppers, past windows behind which mannequins stood silently, posed in body-hugging T-shirts—“Hottie,” “Fabulous,” “Sexy,” written across the bust.
- 2009, Peter Walker, The Guardian, 9 Oct 2009:
Synonyms
- skintight, figure-hugging; see also Thesaurus:close-fitting
Translations
clinging tightly to one's body
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