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Bathing Suit

Definition: Bathing Suit

Bathing Suit

Noun

1. Tight fitting garment worn for swimming.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Bathing Suit

Synonyms: bathing costume (n), swimming costume (n), swimsuit (n). (additional references)
Synonym by domain: costumed (european union, industry).

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Crosswords: Bathing Suit

English words defined with "bathing suit": bikiniindecentmaillottank suit, two-piece. (references)
Specialty definitions using "bathing suit": cage clerk, CUPIDdressing-room attendantlocker attendant, LOCKER-ROOM ATTENDANT, locker-room clerkpersonal attendantReef suitsuit attendant. (references)

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Modern Usage: Bathing Suit

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Well, on the other hand, I've got a bathing suit under my dress (From Here to Eternity; writing credit: Ernest Tidyman)

Yeah, my boyfriend said I got it while I was riding the tractor in my bathing suit. (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt)

Movie/TV Titles

He Was Only a Bathing Suit Salesman (1915)

The Striped Bathing Suit (1912)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Bathing Suit

DomainTitle

Books

  • The Instant Bathing Suit Shape-Up for Men (reference)

  • There's Not a Bathing Suit in Russia and Other Bare Facts (Writings of Will Rogers: Series 1, Volume 2) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Bathing Suit

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Photo Album: Bathing Suit

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Critical moments. The original bathing suit censor --. Credit: Library of Congress.

Vince Lagrotteria looking at Karin Fester, who is modeling a bathing suit, in the cafeteria of the Pratt & Whitney machine tool plant in West Hartford, Conn. Credit: Library of Congress.

Composite photograph of two images, (left) woman wearing a bikini bathing suit and straw sun hat posed next to a bicycle on a beach; (right) an 1890s(?) studio portrait of a woman wearing cycling outfit posed on a high wheeler bicycle. Credit: Library of Congress.

Frances Benjamin Johnston, full-length portrait, standing at edge of ocean, in bathing suit, with left hand on boat, facing right. Credit: Library of Congress.

Mack Sennett girl in bathing suit holding up oar. Credit: Library of Congress.

Young woman posing in bathing suit with other bathers and spectators in background. Credit: Library of Congress.

First Annual Palm Fete, Dec. 7 to 11, 1920, Miami, Florida; The Bathing Suit Parade at Miami Beach. Credit: Library of Congress.

  

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Bathing Suit

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

bathing suit

10,053

bikini bathing suit

67

plus size bathing suit

416

kid bathing suit

58

womens bathing suit

355

designer bathing suit

57

maternity bathing suit

303

tan thru bathing suit

56

teen bathing suit

165

discount bathing suit

53

man bathing suit

161

lifeguard bathing suit

45

roxy bathing suit

153

bathing suit store

43

speedo bathing suit

148

billabong bathing suit

43

tommy hilfiger bathing suit

132

child bathing suit

43

thong bathing suit

131

bathing suit for sale

40

girl bathing suit

126

roxanne bathing suit

40

one piece bathing suit

125

bathing suit picture

35

bathing suit for woman

107

two piece bathing suit

35

cheap bathing suit

104

woman in bathing suit

35

sexy bathing suit

98

bathing suit catalog

34

junior bathing suit

77

nike bathing suit

33

tankini bathing suit

75

bathing suit topless

32

tan through bathing suit

71

bathing suit cover ups

31

venus bathing suit

71

bathing suit shopping

31

calvin klein bathing suit

69

raisins bathing suit

29
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Bathing Suit

Language Translations for "bathing suit"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

badpak (bathing, bathing-suit), badkostuum (bathing, bathing-suit), badklere (bathing, bathing-suit), baaikostuum (bathing, bathing-suit), baaiklere (bathing, bathing-suit), swempak (bathing-suit). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏ثوب السباحة (swim suit). (various references)

   

Asturian

  

traxebañu. (various references)

   

Bemba

  

ifyakufwala paku samba. (various references)

   

Cebuano

  

panligo. (various references)

   

Chamorro

  

tráhen numangu. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

泳衣 (swimsuit). (various references)

   

Czech

  

plavky (bathing costume, costume, swimming costume, swimsuit). (various references)

   

Danish

  

badedragt (bathing-suit). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

badpak (bathing-suit). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

bankostumo (bathing-suit). (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

svimjiklæði. (various references)

   

French

  

maillot de bain (bathing costume, bathing trunks, bathing-suit). (various references)

   

Frisian

  

baaipak (bathing-suit). (various references)

   

German

  

Badeanzug (bathing costume, bathing-suit, swimsuit). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

μαγιό μπάνιου (bathing costume, swinsuit), μαγιό (costume, swimming costume, swimming suit, swimming trunks, swimsuit). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

ב'" ים (bathing costume, swim suit). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

női fürdőruha (swimsuit), fürdõruha (bathing costume, swim suit), fürdôruha (bathing-suit). (various references)

   

Icelandic

  

sundföt (bathing-suit). (various references)

   

Inuktitut

  

puijurautit. (various references)

   

Italian

  

costume da bagno (bathing costume, bathing-suit, swimsuit). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

海水着 , 海水パンツ , 水着 , 水泳着 (swimsuit). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

すいえいぎ (swimsuit), かいすいぎ, かいすいパンツ, みずぎ. (various references)

   

Macedonian

  

kostum za kapenje. (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

badedrakt (bathing-suit). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

athingbay uitsay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

maiô (br.) (maillot, swimsuit), fato de banho (bathing costume, swinsuit). (various references)

   

Provencal

  

malhòt. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

costum de baie (bathing costume, bathing-suit, swimsuit). (various references)

   

Romansch

  

vestgì da bogn. (various references)

   

Ruanda

  

impuzu zo kwogana. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

купальный костюм (bathing costume, bathing-dress, maillot). (various references)

   

Samoan

  

ofu taele. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

traje de baño (bathing costume, bathing-suit, swimming suit, swimsuit, trunks). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

baddräkt (bathing-suit, swimming costume, swimsuit). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

mayo (bather, bathing costume, bathing dress, bathing-drowers, costume, one-piece bathing-suit, swim suit, swimming suit, trunks). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Bathing Suit

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-g-h-i-i-n-s-t-t-u"

-2 letters: situating.

-3 letters: abutting, battings, bittings, habiting, inhabits, shutting, tithings.

-4 letters: absinth, abusing, anguish, antibug, baiting, bashing, basting, bathing, batting, biasing, bitting, bushing, bushtit, busting, butting, habitus, hagbuts, hasting, hatting, histing, hitting, hutting, inhabit, insight, intuits, naughts, shuting, sitting, stating, suiting, sunbath, tabuing, tahinis, tasting, tauting, tithing, titians, tubaist, tubings, tushing, unsight.

-5 letters: aguish, ashing.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Anagrams
11. Bibliography


  

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