pants (pænts
)
Definitions
plural noun
- British an undergarment reaching from the waist to the thighs or knees
- Also called
trousers a garment shaped to cover the body from the waist to the ankles or knees with separate tube-shaped sections for both legs - See bore the pants off
- See scare the pants off
adjective
- British slang inferior
Word Origin
C19: shortened from pantaloons; see pantaloonSynonyms
View thesaurus entrypant (pænt)
Definitions
verb
- to breathe with noisy deep gasps, as when out of breath from exertion or excitement
- to say (something) while breathing thus
- (intr) often foll by for to have a frantic desire (for); yearn
- (intr) to pulsate; throb rapidly
noun
- the act or an instance of panting
- a short deep gasping noise; puff
Word Origin
C15: from Old French pantaisier, from Greek phantasioun to have visions, from phantasiafantasyTranslations
- British English:
pants
Pants are a piece of underwear with two holes to put your legs through and elastic round the top.pænts NOUN
- Spanish:
calzón
nm
- French:
slip
nm
- German:
Unterhose
nf
- Chinese: 男人短衬裤 n
- Arabic: لِبَاسٌ دَاخِلِيّ n
- Portuguese: cueca nm
- Russian: подштанники npl
- Croatian: gaće npl
- Czech: kalhoty npl
- Danish: bukser npl
- Dutch: broek n
- Finnish: miesten alushousut npl
- Greek: παντελόνι nnt
- Italian: mutande npl
- Japanese: パンツ n
- Korean: 팬티 npl
- Norwegian: bukser npl
- Polish: kalesony npl
- Brazilian Portuguese: cueca nm
- European Spanish:
calzón
nm
- Swedish: underbyxor npl
- Thai: กางเกงขายาว npl
- Turkish: külot npl
- Vietnamese: quần n
Usage examples
T-shirts, underwear, socks, sweaters, jogging pants , all neatly folded in piles.
, KICK BACK (2002)Short, shorter, shortest Knickerbockers: Full pants gathered below the knee.
Globe and Mail (2003)He then took off her trousers and pants and fondled her naked breasts, before stripping off and committing a sex act.
Sun, News of the World (2000)Beginner and seasoned therapists alike often have the feeling of relying on intuition, or `flying by the seat of the pants.
, Trauma and Recovery (1992)