Definition of "hip-huggers" [hip-huggers]

• Tight-fitting pants whose waistline rests at hip level. (noun-plural)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "There is no way that the belt we wore in our thirties will fit, even if the hip-huggers we also wore at the time still do."
• "She dressed in a hurry, pulling on black hip-huggers and a tailored indigo shirt with silver buttons."
• "Wait a second – am I to understand that this book recommends I DO wear hip-huggers to “create the illusion of a more perfect figure”?"