trunks

1. 1
   noun

   Plural of trunk. Used when there is more than one.

   The trunks of the old oak trees were very thick.

   The elephants lifted their trunks and called to each other.

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2. 2
   nounplural

   Shorts that you wear to go swimming.

   I packed my trunks for the trip to the beach.

   His trunks were still wet from the pool.

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3. 3
   nounplural

   Short pants or briefs that people wear, often for sports.

   The boxer wore blue trunks with white stripes.

   Pack your gym trunks for track practice tomorrow.

   Similarshorts

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4. 4
   nounUKplural

   Underwear for men or boys, shaped like boxer shorts or boxer briefs.

   Mum bought me a three-pack of trunks on the high street.

   He keeps his socks and trunks in the top drawer.

   Similarboxers, underpants

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5. 5
   nounplural

   A kind of men's underwear called trunk briefs.

   He grabbed a pack of trunks from the underwear rack.

   These cotton trunks fit better than my old boxers.

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6. 6
   verb

   Third-person singular simple present of trunk. Use it with 'he', 'she', 'it' or one person or thing.

   The city's new radio system trunks police and fire calls over a few shared channels.

   At the old mine, the crew trunks the wet mud through a long wooden channel to get the metal out.

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7. 7
   nounplural

   Leg clothing of the kind called trunk hose.

   The actor wore short trunks and long tights for the old play.

   The museum has a pair of puffy silk trunks that a nobleman wore long ago.

8. 8
   noununcountable

   The game called nineholes.

   On rainy days, the children played trunks in the barn.

   Trunks is easy to learn but hard to win.

   Similarnineholes

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