noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Underwear, especially men's underwear and especially men's underpants. US, colloquial, plural, plural-only

   "My skivvies disappeared in surgery, a sinister conjunction of circumstance."

2. 2
   plural of skivvy form-of, plural
3. 3
   (used in the plural) men's underwear consisting of cotton undershirt and underpants wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

briefslinenlingeriepetticoatshreddiessmallclothes

Example

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"My skivvies disappeared in surgery, a sinister conjunction of circumstance."

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