Pants definition

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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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(UK, slang) Of inferior quality, rubbish.

Your mobile is pants "” why don't you get one like mine?

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Pants are trousers or clothing that you wear to cover your legs and bottom.

Jeans or business slacks that you wear in order to cover your legs and bottom are an example of pants.

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(fashion) Plural form of pant.
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(UK, slang) Rubbish; something worthless.

You're talking pants!

The film was a load (pile) of pants.

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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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(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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An outer garment extending from the waist to the knees or ankles and divided into separate coverings for the legs.
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Drawers or panties.
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Origin of pants

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

    From Wiktionary

  • Shortened from pantaloons (“trousers").

    From Wiktionary

  • Extracted from fancypants.

    From Wiktionary

Pants Sentence Examples

  • Then I slipped trying to rub mud on my pants to cover it up.

  • He jammed his hands into his pants pockets.

  • She stood and brushed the seat of her pants off.

  • A suit jacket and pants were laid out across the bed, and underwear was dropped on the floor next to it, apparently discarded by Byrne when he changed to his bathing suit.

  • So who says pants are men's clothing?

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