Meaning

1 senses
  1. (Australia, New Zealand, UK, informal, plural, plural only)A style of tightfitting men's swimming costume cut like underwear briefs that covers the buttocks and groin but not the legs and reveals the bulge of the genitals; especially worn in surf lifesaving and in swimming races.

Origin

A jocular reference to a man's tight-fitting swimming costume or swimsuit appearing as if

A jocular reference to a man's tight-fitting swimming costume or swimsuit appearing as if he has a budgerigar concealed inside it, i.e. his bulging genitals.

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Forms

plural: budgie smugglerses

Synonyms

11 synonyms

See also

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