Definitions for bikinis
biki·nis

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1. bikinisnoun

   Brief underpants that reach to the hips rather than the waist.

2. Etymology: See bikini.

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1. Bikinis

   A bikini is a women's two-piece swimsuit that features two triangles of fabric on top that cover the breasts, and two triangles of fabric on the bottom: the front covering the pelvis but exposing the navel, and the back covering the intergluteal cleft and often the buttocks. The size of the top and bottom can vary, from bikinis that offer full coverage of the breasts, pelvis, and buttocks, to more revealing designs with a thong or G-string bottom that covers only the mons pubis, but exposes the buttocks, and a top that covers only the areolae. In May 1946, Parisian fashion designer Jacques Heim released a two-piece swimsuit design that he named the Atome ('Atom') and advertised as "the smallest swimsuit in the world". Like swimsuits of the era, it covered the wearer's belly button, and it failed to attract much attention. Clothing designer Louis Réard introduced his new, smaller design in July. He named the swimsuit after the Bikini Atoll, where the first public test of a nuclear bomb had taken place four days before. His skimpy design was risqué, exposing the wearer's navel and much of her buttocks. No runway model would wear it, so he hired a nude dancer from the Casino de Paris named Micheline Bernardini to model it at a review of swimsuit fashions.Due to its revealing design, the bikini was once considered controversial, facing opposition from a number of groups and being accepted only very slowly by the general public. In many countries, the design was banned from beaches and other public places: in 1949, France banned the bikini from being worn on its coastlines; Germany banned the bikini from public swimming pools until the 1970s, and some communist groups condemned the bikini as a "capitalist decadence". The bikini also faced criticism from some feminists, who reviled it as a garment designed to suit men's tastes, and not those of women. Despite this backlash, however, the bikini still sold well throughout the early to later 20th century, albeit discreetly.The bikini gained increased exposure and acceptance as film stars like Brigitte Bardot, Raquel Welch, and Ursula Andress wore them and were photographed on public beaches and seen in film. The minimalist bikini design became common in most Western countries by the mid-1960s as both swimwear and underwear. By the late 20th century, it was widely used as sportswear in beach volleyball and bodybuilding. There are a number of modern stylistic variations of the design used for marketing purposes and as industry classifications, including monokini, microkini, tankini, trikini, pubikini, skirtini, thong, and g-string. A man's single piece brief swimsuit may also be called a bikini. Similarly, a variety of men's and women's underwear types are described as bikini underwear. The bikini has gradually gained wide acceptance in Western society. By the early 2000s, bikinis had become a US$811 million business annually, and boosted spin off services such as bikini waxing and sun tanning.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of bikinis in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of bikinis in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of bikinis in a Sentence

1. Cheryl Ladd:

   It was hot and edgy, and because, [ creator ] Aaron [ Spelling ] insisted on some bikinis, occasionally sexy clothes, everybody just decided to write it off and let's face it, it wasn't Shakespeare, but it was definitely something the whole family could watch together all for different reasons.

2. Rebecca Lee:

   With Instagram, Jessica Lewis have to look cute 24/7, including in Jessica Lewis bathing suit, the bigger-size women who come into the store needing specialty bikinis want a bathing suit that they feel cute in and that supports them … and that they can take vacation snaps in.

3. Jamie Turner:

   There are conservative elements in Iran that would frown upon these images because they show young people in bikinis and others drinking alcohol. What I see are images of kids who are rebelling against the social norms that they grew up with.

4. Tasha Dixon:

   Our first introduction to him was when we were at the dress rehearsal and half-naked changing into our bikinis, he just came strolling right in. There was no second to put a robe on or any sort of clothing or anything. Some girls were topless. Other girls were naked.

5. Tasha Dixon:

   I barely let anybody except my sister see me getting dressed. our first introduction to him was when we were at the dress rehearsal and half-naked changing into our bikinis.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Bikinis
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikinis