Pants Definition

pants
noun
An outer garment extending from the waist to the knees or ankles and divided into separate coverings for the legs.
Webster's New World
Drawers or panties.
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(plural only, chiefly North America, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa) An outer garment worn by men and women that covers the body from the waist downwards, covering each leg separately, usually as far as the ankles; trousers. [from 19th c.]

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(plural only, chiefly UK) An undergarment worn by men or women that covers the genitals and often the buttocks and the neighbouring parts of the body; underpants. [from 19th c.]

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(fashion) Plural form of pant.

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verb

To pull someone's pants down; to forcibly remove someone's pants ; an Americanism for debag.

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Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pant.

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adjective

(UK, slang) Of inferior quality, rubbish.

Your mobile is pants "” why don't you get one like mine?
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suffix
(informal, usually pejorative) Used with adjectives ending in -y to form nicknames based on a negative quality of a person.
Bossypants, fancypants, smarty pants, greedy-pants, pouty pants.
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Origin of Pants

  • From the verb to pant (from Middle English panten and (hence) the noun pant.)

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  • Shortened from pantaloons (“trousers").

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  • Extracted from fancypants.

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