underwear

Definition

  • noun: clothing that is worn next to your skin and under other clothing
  • noun: clothing or an article of clothing worn next to the skin and 'under' other clothing
  • synonyms: underclothes, undies, shreddies

Examples

  • You should pack a 'change of underwear'. [=additional underwear that you can wear at another time]

  • He answered the door 'in his underwear'. [=while wearing only underwear]

Movie quotes

  • (..) ''A rolling stone gathers no moss''? Yeah. Does that mean something to you? lt's the same as ''Don't wash your dirty underwear in public.'' l'm not sure l understand what you mean. l'm smarter than him. ain't l? Well that. sort ot. has always meant... ...it's hard tor something to grow (..)
    1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest