skintight

See also: skin-tight

English

Alternative forms

skin tight, skin-tight

Etymology

skin +‎ tight

Adjective

skintight (not comparable)

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

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