lowcut

See also: low-cut

English

Alternative forms

• low-cut

Etymology

low +‎ cut

Adjective

lowcut (comparative more lowcut, superlative most lowcut)

1. Of clothing: having a low cut, i.e. revealing more skin than usual.
   • 1972, George Banghart Henry Swayze, Yarb and Cretine: or, Rising from bonds:

     The lowcut bodice enveloped her rounded shoulders with a smoothness born of art. Its edging of lace, wrought by the loom of her dextrous fingers, adorned in modesty the superb contour of her neck and bust.

   • 1996, Rosalyn Drexler - Art does (not!) exist

     She was wearing a very lowcut blouse, so low cut that her red nipples surrounded by a large brownish halo were revealed to me.

   • 2003, Harry Castleman, Walter J. Podrazik, Watching TV: six decades of American television:

     They were attractive women who frequently wore lowcut gowns as part of their image as television "glamour girls." For years, such beautiful women had appeared on TV wearing mildly suggestive costumes, usually in background roles on "sophisticated" nightclub formats.

   • 2003, Reggie Chesterfield, Black Bra and Pantie:

     A guy washing his car dropped the hose when he saw her in her lowcut jeans and halter top. She was definitely smoking today. However, sex was not on her mind.

Antonyms

• highcut