whiteys

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Meaning · English

Men's or boys’ traditionally white briefs.

Register: slang

Where it’s used: Used American English

Examples

Like a hot knife through butter the razor parted the tissue and muscle and nerves and like the Red Sea to Moses those two visible vertebrae split away from one another. Instantly rendering his legs useless and even before the bright red blood began to stain the tidiness of his whiteys, Abraham began

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).

Common questions

What does “whiteys” mean?

Men's or boys’ traditionally white briefs.

Is “whiteys” formal or informal?

whiteys is generally slang.