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Lycra

[ lahy-kruh ]

Trademark.
  1. a brand of spandex.


Lycra

/ ˈlaɪkrə /

noun

  1. a type of synthetic elastic fabric and fibre used for tight-fitting garments, such as swimming costumes


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The main profile photo is likely to include Lycra, a helmet, or a harness.

On a very hot day, we might unzip that too-small Lycra jersey for a smidge of ventilation.

In my own experience, you know you’ve reached the disenchantment phase when you start feeling silly in Lycra.

Both the Freestyle Camo Crop and the Offshore Paddle Tight are made from a recycled nylon blended with Lycra, meaning you get the quick-dry features of nylon with the snug fit of Lycra.

See and be seenVanMoof S3 and X3 e-bikesI don’t own any Lycra pants.

Then the locals arrived for water aerobics conducted by a Riviera coach in lurid pink-and-black Lycra to French pop.

They wear funky lycra, shout encouragement through their headsets, and never stop smiling.

She is dressed in a jogging outfit of lavender Lycra and struggles to thread the wireless mike up her form-fitting top.

Bicycling in the United States is no longer limited to lycra-clad, gearheads.

Before long, her love of the Lycra took over her whole body.

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