dolphin shorts

English

White dolphin shorts

K-pop girl group GFriend dressed in dolphin shorts

Etymology

The term originated from a United States company called Dolfin Swimwear in the 1980s.

Pronunciation

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Noun

dolphin shorts pl (plural only)

1. a kind of shorts for athletics, usually with contrasting binding, side slits and rounded corners

   I changed into cute dolphin shorts for a summer vibe.

Translations

shorts for athletics

• Bengali: ডলফিন শর্টস (ḍolphin śorṭoś)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 真理褲／真理裤 (zhēnlǐkù) (Taiwan)

• Korean: 돌핀쇼츠 (dolpinsyocheu), 돌핀팬츠 (dolpinpaencheu), 랍바바지 (rapbabaji)

See also

• gym shorts

Further reading

• dolphin shorts on Wikipedia.Wikipedia