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briefs

noun
/bɹiːfs/

Definitions

  1. plural of brief

  2. A very short, close-fitting type of underpants.

    • [S]he learned not to iron my footy briefs and leave creases in them - the blokes bagged my creases for weeks[.]
    • Briefs for men and women were not popular in America until the 1930s.
    • A white tiger sat at the entrance, showing its white fangs in a wide-open bloody mouth. The sinister decorum would make you wet your briefs.

  3. Swimming briefs.

    • I fetched my briefs, pulled them on, and we left the changing room.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Male underpant bikini briefs.

      • Galvanised, I jumped--the clatter of keys rang clear as I thrust the knife, handle down, into the back of my briefs.

    2. An adult diaper.

    3. third-person singular simple present indicative of brief

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Derived

bikini briefs, boxer briefs, control brief, diaper briefs, incontinence briefs, jockey briefs, midway briefs, protective briefs, racing briefs, swim briefs, swimming briefs, tanga briefs, trunk briefs

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at briefs. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at briefs. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at briefs

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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