bathing suit

[bey-thing]

noun

1. a garment worn for swimming.

bathing suit

/ ˈbeɪðɪŋ /

noun

1. a garment worn for bathing, esp an old-fashioned one that covers much of the body

2. another name for swimming costume

Word History and Origins

Origin of bathing suit¹

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

In between hard seltzers and gelato, guests disrobed down to their bathing suits as they engaged in an exercise, or experiment, in intimacy.

From Los Angeles Times

Around the same time, the bathing suit business took off, as war-time fabric rationing lifted and the culture shifted to allow less modesty and more playful expression.

From Los Angeles Times

Kitten heels and full skirts, capri pants and tailored menswear, blouses with crisp collars and one-piece bathing suits feel less like “now” and more like “back then.”

From Los Angeles Times

I moved to Cabo, lived in a bathing suit, walked onstage with no shirt back in those days.

From Los Angeles Times

It takes spending sustained time with those same people, in bathing suits no less, to realize how far apart you’ve drifted ideologically, or sympathetically.

From Salon

Related Words

• bikini 
• swimsuit