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[ pants ] / pænts / SEE SYNONYMS FOR pants ON THESAURUS.COM
noun (used with a plural verb)trousers (def. 1). underpants, especially for women and children; panties. British. men's underpants, especially long drawers. Idioms for pantswear the pants, to have the dominant role; be in charge: I guess we know who wears the pants in that family.
Origin of pants1830–40; short for pantaloons Words nearby pantspantoum, pantropic, pantropical, pantry, pantryman, pants, pantsuit, pantun, panty, panty girdle, pantyhose Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for pantsSo here I am in my requisite Lululemon pants, grunting along to an old hip-hop song at a most ungodly hour. How Taryn Toomey’s ‘The Class’ Became New York’s Latest Fitness Craze|Lizzie Crocker|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST If you Google “Muslim Christmas tree star” you will see a list of right-wing websites wetting their pants over this. Why Muslims Love Jesus Too|Dean Obeidallah|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST “The girls I used to race with would just pull their pants around their ankles and hang off the back,” Ralphie says with I shrug. Inside Sailing’s Biggest Race|Lizzie Crocker|October 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST He packed only two pairs of pants, three shirts, and one toothbrush, then set out for Africa with Karl Johnson. The Original Ebola Hunter|Abby Haglage|September 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
All I knew was the doctor with the Russian Army pants had chosen to stay. Watching ISIS Come to Power Again|Elliot Ackerman|September 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST Like the thirsty traveller in a barren waste, her soul yearns for an ocean of delights—and pants and longs in vain. Venus in Boston;|George Thompson Give me your hand, and feel how it pants like a hungry fiend. The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. IX., March, 1862., No. LIII.|Various I wish some of my soda-water-in-the-morning club friends could see me perspiring over a pair of pants, dorcassing a defunct sock. Adrift in the Arctic Ice Pack|Elisha Kent Kane With this I succeeded in prying my jaws apart, and with a few crumbs of tobacco which I found in my pants' pocket, I found relief. Hunted Down|Harry Granice I know I am not mistaken about the coat, vest and pants; I got an old coat in its stead which I still keep to show. Two Years and Four Months in a Lunatic Asylum|Hiram Chase
British Dictionary definitions for pants
pl nBritish 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 bore the pants off informal to bore extremely scare the pants off informal to scare extremely Word Origin for pantsC19: shortened from pantaloons; see pantaloon Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with pants
In addition to the idiom beginning with pants also see: - ants in one's pants
- beat the pants off
- caught with one's pants down
- get the lead out of (one's pants)
- kick in the pants
- seat of the pants
- talk someone's arm (pants) off
- wear the pants
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Words related to pantstrousers, underpants, shorts, slacks, knickers, jeans, drawers, dungarees, panties, corduroys, chinos, jodhpurs, briefs, breeches, bloomers, chaps, britches, denims, pantaloons, cords |