bikini body

English

Noun

bikini body (plural bikini bodies)

1. (of a woman) A thin, sexy, and idealized body.
   • 1965, Antonio C. Abaya, Europe by Scooter, Manila: Erehwon, →OCLC, page 38:

     The company was gay and colorful. We had, among other things, an FLN [National Liberation Front] rebel from Algeria, a hunchback from Notre Dame, a penniless German blonde, with straight Nordic hair and a perfect bikini body, who was really going to try to make the scene at St. Tropez, […]

   • 1991, John Hayes, Face the Music: A Sailor's Story, Pentland Press, →ISBN, page 12:

     It was a gentle day as we drove under the lighthouse, the modern hotels leading down to their beach umbrellas sheltering the browning bikini bodies intent upon their drinks.

   • 2019, Lyndi Cohen, edited by Melody Lord, The Nude Nutritionist: Stop Obsessing About Food + Never Diet Again, Murdoch Books, →ISBN, page 58:

     If you lined up a row of people who actually lived a truly healthy balanced life, you wouldn’t see a row of people with the same ultraslim physique. You’d see people of all shapes, including those with soft tummies, cellulite and stretch marks. Most people don’t naturally have a bikini body or abs when they are at their healthiest weight.

Translations

type of body

• Finnish: bikinivartalo

See also

• beach bunny, beach body, model body