Lycra

lycra English Alternative forms en lycra Etymology Marketing coinage. Pronunciation en /ˈlaɪkɹə/ Noun ~ en uncountable A type of synthetic elastic fabric and fibre (spandex) used for tight-fitting garments, such as swimming costumes. en uncountable Clothing made from such materials, especially with reference to cycling shorts. en countable A tight-fitting garment made of Lycra. en 2017-11-16 w:Jo Ellison Help: the gym has turned us into slobs w:Financial Times https://www.ft.com/content/1ae28e48-c9f6-11e7-ab18-7a9fb7d6163e 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. Derived terms en Lycra lout Translations an elastic synthetic fabric for tight-fitting garments Italian: it licra f Māori: mi raikara Polish: pl spandex m, pl lycra f, pl elastan m Sicilian: scn licra f Spanish: es licra f, es lycra f Turkish: tr likra See also Anagrams en aclry Carly Caryl acryl clary en genericized trademarks en Fabrics