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View synonyms for skintight

skintight

[ skin-tahyt ]

adjective

  1. fitting almost as tightly as skin:

    skintight trousers.



skintight

/ ˈskɪnˈtaɪt /

adjective

  1. (of garments) fitting tightly over the body; clinging
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of skintight1

First recorded in 1880–85; skin + tight
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Example Sentences

When New York City was rattled by an earthquake earlier this year, Hernández threw on a skintight jumpsuit and a cap with NYC on it to embody the trembler.

From Salon

In our band, there is no difference — these guys’ll wear those skintight pants to do yard work.

She wore a black skintight leather dress with red stitching and long latex gloves, as she strutted down the runway for the designers Vin + Omi's 20th anniversary show.

From BBC

Zendaya, clad in a skintight dress, gyrates on a dance floor in “Challengers,” a $56 million sports drama that arrived in multiplexes on Friday.

Her stunt of marching through Congress in a skintight "scarlet A" T-shirt only reinforced the narrative that her only goal is getting on camera.

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