1
[from its having only one thickness of cloth] chiefly British
: an athletic jersey
also
: undershirt
2
: an atom or molecule that has no net electronic magnetic moment
also
: an excited state of an atom or molecule that is a singlet
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The couple — who famously once engaged in an on-air, sensual foot massage and staged a sweaty wrestling match with Consuelos in a tight singlet — returned to their unofficial post as morning TV's horniest duo with a hilarious innuendo at the top of Wednesday's show.
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Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2024
Mourners filed past tables laden with memories: photos of Allen with his wife and their two young children, an Odessa High School wrestling singlet and headgear, a football jersey, mementos memorializing Allen’s career in law enforcement.
—Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 8 Mar. 2024
Other faces are fully exposed, wearing only their singlets.
—Braidon Nourse, The Denver Post, 17 Feb. 2024
Between brandishing wrestling singlets and making jokes about a girthy chorizo — and, as of today, an extremely sensual foot massage segment that had one of its cohosts in tears — Live With Kelly & Mark is quickly becoming the horniest hour on daytime TV.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 9 Aug. 2023
Depending on how the spin states of the molecules line up, this process can generate two types of excitons: singlets and triplets.
—IEEE Spectrum, 19 Dec. 2023
The diaphanous fabrics and singlets and halter tops that made headlines in June returned, this time pushed to extremes.
—José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2023
The vests and tank tops that dominated the runways last year—and that have now taken over the streets—have been replaced by halter tops and singlets, exposing the almost-always thin bodies that wore them (but that’s a story for a different report).
—José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 30 June 2023
Mark Consuelos stripped down to a singlet and took on the NCAA national wrestling champion on Thursday’s episode of Live with Kelly and Mark.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 8 June 2023
Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2024
Mourners filed past tables laden with memories: photos of Allen with his wife and their two young children, an Odessa High School wrestling singlet and headgear, a football jersey, mementos memorializing Allen’s career in law enforcement.
—Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 8 Mar. 2024
Other faces are fully exposed, wearing only their singlets.
—Braidon Nourse, The Denver Post, 17 Feb. 2024
Between brandishing wrestling singlets and making jokes about a girthy chorizo — and, as of today, an extremely sensual foot massage segment that had one of its cohosts in tears — Live With Kelly & Mark is quickly becoming the horniest hour on daytime TV.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 9 Aug. 2023
Depending on how the spin states of the molecules line up, this process can generate two types of excitons: singlets and triplets.
—IEEE Spectrum, 19 Dec. 2023
The diaphanous fabrics and singlets and halter tops that made headlines in June returned, this time pushed to extremes.
—José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2023
The vests and tank tops that dominated the runways last year—and that have now taken over the streets—have been replaced by halter tops and singlets, exposing the almost-always thin bodies that wore them (but that’s a story for a different report).
—José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 30 June 2023
Mark Consuelos stripped down to a singlet and took on the NCAA national wrestling champion on Thursday’s episode of Live with Kelly and Mark.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 8 June 2023
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“Singlet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/singlet. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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singlet
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sin·glet
ˈsiŋ-glət 
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