bikini

Noun

bi=ki=ni

WORDNET DICTIONARY

bikini(n = noun.location) Array - an atoll in the Marshall Islands; formerly used by the United States as a site for testing nuclear weapons; Array

is a kind of atoll

bikini(n = noun.artifact) two-piece - a woman's very brief bathing suit; Array

is a kind of bathing costume, bathing suit, swimming costume, swimsuit, swimwear

bikini, n. a two-piece swimsuit for women.

Idiom

bikini briefs women's scanty briefs.

Etymology

Bikini, an atoll in the Marshall Islands in the Pacific where an atomic bomb was exploded in 1946, from the supposed 'explosive' effect