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pants

  • noun
  • /pænts/

An outer garment that covers the body from the waist downwards, covering each leg separately, usually as far as the ankles; trousers.

Other meanings

  1. An undergarment that covers the genitals and often the buttocks and the neighbouring parts of the body; underpants.

  2. Rubbish; something worthless.

    “You're talking pants!”

Example sentences

  • “Is that a cat or my pants?”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
  • “We're going to sue your pants off!”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0
  • “The show was pants.”

    Tatoeba · deniko · CC0

Word history

From Italian "Pantalone".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “pants” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.