Bikini
WordNet
noun
(1) A woman's very brief bathing suit
(2) An atoll in the Marshall Islands; formerly used by the United States as a site for testing nuclear weapons
WiktionaryText
Etymology
June 1946. Named after Bikini Atoll, where nuclear weapons were tested; it was reckoned that the bathing suit would cause as much excitement as an atom bomb.
Noun
bikini (plural bikinis)
Related terms
- Bikini Atoll
- bikini bottom
- bikini line
- bikini wax
- monokini
- trikini