boxer shorts

plural noun

|Updated on: 8 Jun 2018

Definition of boxer shorts

: men's underwear shorts characterized by loose fit

Recent Examples of boxer shorts from the Web

After all, boxer shorts can be worn with any uniform!

— john kelly, Washington Post, "Love a man in uniform? Then you’ll love these stories of fabric survivors.," 29 May 2018
The silly creature even eats the farmer’s boxer shorts, plucking them from the clothesline like a sybarite eating grapes.

— WSJ, "Children’s Books: Safe Journeys," 11 May 2018
The notice also warns MRI patients to beware of metal buttons in some boxer shorts and metal stays in bras.

— don sweeney, sacbee, "Getting an MRI? Ditch the yoga pants, hospitals warn | The Sacramento Bee," 10 May 2018
Earl Caldwell, a New York Times reporter who had interviewed King on the balcony the previous day, ran out of his motel room in his boxer shorts.

— Fox News, "Witnesses forever changed by MLK's final days," 2 Apr. 2018
Earl Caldwell, a New York Times reporter who’d interviewed King on the balcony the previous day, ran out of his room in his boxer shorts.

— Washington Post, "Witnesses forever changed by King’s final days," 2 Apr. 2018
When found, the man's body was wearing red and dark-colored, possibly blue, plaid boxer shorts and gray and black socks, according to the press release.

— jose r. gonzalez, Houston Chronicle, "Houston authorities trying to ID man found dead in Sims Bayou," 28 Feb. 2018
His boxer shorts — covered with images of astronauts and cats — could be seen over the waistline of his jeans.

— leah sottile, Longreads, "A Teen and a Toy Gun," 6 Feb. 2018
Promising them protection, MS-13 members took a share of their commissary: from chips and candy to T-shirts and boxer shorts.

— michael e. miller, Houston Chronicle, "'Vying for control': How MS-13 uses violence and extortion in America's jails," 4 Feb. 2018

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