boxer short noun[before a noun]3 •Attributive form of boxer shorts.The boxer short style resembled shorts and extended to the upper thigh. […] Teenage and college boys wore two styles of swimsuits: wool knit trunks or boxer short trunks. — 2008 •Attributive form of boxer shorts.Does he seem the boxer-short type or is he perhaps a kanga man? — 1998 •Boxer shorts.