pants

pants
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. pl. trousers, breeches; slacks, flannels, jeans, Levi's, dungarees; pantaloons, knickerbockers, knickers, plus-fours; shorts, pedal-pushers, chinos, jodhpurs; bloomers, briefs, panties. See clothing.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [Trousers]
Syn. breeches, slacks, jeans, bluejeans, denims, dungarees, Levi's (trademark) overalls, cords, shorts, Bermuda shorts, corduroys, pantaloons, jodhpurs, bell-bottoms, toreador pants, hip-huggers, riding breeches, chaps, short pants, knee britches, clam diggers, knee pants, knickerbockers, knickers, bloomers, rompers, sun suit; see also clothes .
2. [*Underclothing, especially women's]
Syn. underpants, shorts, drawers, briefs, panties, bikinis, scanties, cache-sexe (French), knickers (British); see also clothes , underwear .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
trousers, breeches, pantaloons, jeans, dungarees, slacks, *britches, overalls, *cords, corduroys, *Levis.
WORD FIND
• army work pants: fatigues
• athletic: sweat pants, *sweats
• bullfighter’s: toreador pants
• calf-length, slitted, tight-fitting: capri pants
• cowboy leggings: chaps
• Indian loincloth-like with broad legs tapering to ankles: dhoti
• jockey: jodhpurs
• khaki-colored sport pants: chinos
• knee-lengths: surfers, *clamdiggers
• leather: buckskins
• 1960s favorites: bell-bottoms, hip huggers
• puffy pants gathered at waist and ankles: harem pants
• shorts: Bermuda shorts, *cutoffs, *hot pants, lederhosen
• skirtlike pants of various lengths: culottes
• straight-cut and tight: stovepipe pants
• straight-cut, cuffed, bike-riding pants of the 1940s and 1950s: pedal pushers
• stretch pants: spandex pants

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  • pants — In BrE pants (plural noun) means ‘underpants’, whereas in AmE it means ‘trousers or slacks’. The distinction can cause problems: • I heard an American student at Cambridge University telling some English friends how he climbed over a locked gate… …   Modern English usage

  • pants — ► PLURAL NOUN 1) Brit. underpants or knickers. 2) chiefly N. Amer. trousers. 3) Brit. informal rubbish; nonsense. ● catch someone with their pants (or trousers) down Cf. ↑catch someone with their trousers down ● …   English terms dictionary

  • pants — [ pænts ] noun plural ** 1. ) AMERICAN a piece of clothing that covers your body from your waist to your ANKLES and has a separate part for each leg: TROUSERS 2. ) BRITISH UNDERPANTS beat the pants off INFORMAL 1. ) to defeat an opponent easily 2 …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • pants — /pants/, n. (used with a pl. v.) 1. trousers (def. 1). 2. underpants, esp. for women and children; panties. 3. Brit. men s underpants, esp. long drawers. 4. wear the pants, to have the dominant role; be in charge: I guess we know who wears the… …   Universalium

  • pants — (n.) 1840, see PANTALOONS (Cf. pantaloons). Colloquial singular pant is attested from 1893. To wear the pants be the dominant member of a household is first attested 1931. To do something by the seat of (one s) pants by human instinct is from… …   Etymology dictionary

  • pants — n. 1. n. pl. A garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately. Syn: trousers. [WordNet 1.6] 2. Underpants. Syn: drawers. [PJC] 3. Specifically: Underpants worn by women; panties. Syn: bloomers, drawers,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • pants — ☆ pants [pants ] pl.n. [abbrev. of PANTALOONS] 1. an outer garment extending from the waist to the knees or ankles and divided into separate coverings for the legs: more formally called trousers 2. drawers or panties: As an adjective or in… …   English World dictionary

  • Pants — (short for “pantaloons”) may refer to the following:* Trousers (North American English), an outer garment covering the lower half of the body, encasing each leg separately * Underpants (British English), an undergarment covering the genital… …   Wikipedia

  • pants — (ingl.; Guat., Méj.) m. *Chándal …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • pants — s.m.pl. ES ingl. {{wmetafile0}} TS abbigl. pantaloncini corti, spec. da donna {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: 1971. ETIMO: propr. accorc. di pantaloons pantaloni …   Dizionario italiano

  • pants — /pænts/ s. ingl. [propr., accorc. di pantaloons pantaloni ], usato in ital. al masch. pl. (abbigl.) [pantaloni corti] ▶◀ [➨ pantaloncino] …   Enciclopedia Italiana

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