hot pantsadj.n.
/ˈhɒt pants/, U.S. /ˈhɑt ˌpæn(t)s/ A. adj.
U.S. colloquial. Lustful, having a strong sexual appetite; sexually aroused. Cf. hot adj. 8c.
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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual desire > [adjective] > full of sexual desire
fire-hotOE
hot?a1300
venereal?a1475
warm1897
hot pants1927
sexed-up1933
supersexual1961
1927 K. Nicholson Barker ii. ii. 112 When you had him all hot pants you married him.
1953 C. Brossard Bold Saboteurs 215 Herr Goering himself was one of her flush-faced, hot-pants victims.
1967 ‘M. T. Knight’ Terrible Ten 146 There's plenty of hookers and hot-pants tourists.
1985 E. Segal Class 123 It was a hot pants little sophomore named Gloria.
B. n.
1. Originally and chiefly U.S. colloquial. Cf. hot adj. 8c.
a. Strong sexual desire or attraction. Chiefly in to have (or get) hot pants (for a person).
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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual desire > be or become sexually aroused or excited [verb (intransitive)]
caterwaul1599
to have (also get) the horn1879–80
rim1923
to have (or get) hot pants (for a person)1929
1929 J. P. McEvoy Hollywood Girl 36 All perfume and hot pants.
1936 J. Steinbeck In Dubious Battle 64 Every time the sun shines on my back all afternoon I get hot pants.
1961 S. Price Just for Record v. 36 You've got the hot-pants for some good~looking piece.
1963 M. McCarthy Group iii. 48 I've still got hot pants for her, if you want to call that love.
1996 Big Issue 26 Feb. 46/2 The paparazzi seems to have hot pants only for the silicon-prone bimbos.
b. A person (esp. a woman) who is lustful or has a strong sexual appetite.
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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual desire > [noun] > that which excites > sexually exciting person
a bit (also piece) of all right1895
hot stuff1908
sex object1911
hot pants1938
sexpot1953
sex bomb1954
sexboat1955
1938 R. Chandler Big Sleep 51 That goddamned little hot pants!
1966 C. Robertson Judas Spies iii. 31 His second wife, this blonde hot pants.
1968 K. Amis I want it Now i. 39 It would help to hold off little hot-pants, and might distract him from the thought of what he was so very soon going to be doing to her.
1999 R. B. Parker Hush Money xxv. 127 I don't wish to hurt your feelings, but KC has always been something of a hot pants.
2. Very tight, brief shorts worn by women.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > types of > short trousers or shorts > types of
panties1845
lederhosen1937
Bermuda shorts1938
walk shorts1944
Bermudas1954
knickers1954
skort1957
Jamaica shorts1959
baggies1962
cut-off1964
Jamaica1964
sleep-shorts1964
hot pants1970
batty riders1992
1970 Women's Wear Daily 23 Nov. 31/2 As for hotpants, we haven't seen anything in the market... They're going to have to be styled very imaginatively. Otherwise, they're going to look like old~fashioned short shorts.
1971 Daily Tel. 8 Nov. 12/8 Hotpants have rather quickly died a fashion death.
1989 Looks Dec. 60 If you're too modest to wear the latest micro-mini, try this season's latest fashion hit—hot pants!
2001 K. Izzo & C. Marsh Fabulous Girl's Guide to Decorum (2002) 88 FG will naturally resent a twenty-one-year-old telling her how fab she'd look in fun-fur neon-pink hot pants.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.n.1927