Meaning of Lycra | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A type of synthetic elastic fabric and fibre (spandex) used for tight-fitting garments, such as swimming costumes.
   uncountable
2. Clothing made from such materials, especially with reference to cycling shorts.
   uncountable
3. A tight-fitting garment made of Lycra.
   countable

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Examples

“Being a gym bunny is simply unbecoming. Not as unbecoming, perhaps, as the bicycle bunnies, with their helmet hair, their strangely padded Lycras that suggest a degree of sexual depravity and those ridiculous clacky shoes. But we’re not very pleasing to behold.”

“In recent seasons fetishwear has found its way onto the catwalk, with vinyl, PVC and lycra featuring among the most unlikely designer offerings.”

“Much of the lycra on show began life hugging torsos on other continents.”

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