Meaning

4 senses
  1. (plural, plural only)A close-fitting, sheer or non-sheer skin-tight garment worn principally by women and girls that covers the body completely from the waist down, usually including the feet.

    Strumpfhose

    колго́ткиkolgótki

    колго́ткиkolhótky

    skintight knit hose covering the body from the waist to the feet worn by acrobats and dancers and as stockings by women and girls

  2. (plural, plural only)A similar, non-sheer garment worn by dancers of either sex, especially by ballet dancers.

  3. (plural, plural only)A garment, similar to briefs, worn chiefly by professional wrestlers.

    колго́ткиkolgótki, трико́trikó

  4. (plural, plural only)In blasting rock, a piece of unbroken rock within the pay limit of a blast.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
women's garment — see also pantyhose:
Русский
By meaning 2
women's garment — see also pantyhose:
dancer's garment:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
women's garment — see also pantyhose:

Origin

From tight + -s.

From tight + -s.

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Forms

plural: tightses
Singulartights
Pluraltightses

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • skintight knit hose covering the body from the waist to the feet worn by acrobats and dancers and as stockings by women and girls:leotards

See also

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