pants

CEFRA1

/pænts/

noun · adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Clothing covering each leg separately from the waist down.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

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

Examples

  • Oh, my white pants! And they were new.

  • Please take the pants in a bit.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Rubbish; something worthless.

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

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. Of inferior quality, rubbish.

More examples

In context

  • The film was a load [or pile] of pants.

  • Your mobile is pants — why don’t you get one like mine?

  • You're talking pants!

Synonyms

Quick test

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After tearing a hole in his jeans at work, he went to buy new blank.

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Origin

noun

English pantaloon English pantaloons English pants Shortened from pantaloons (“trousers”): borrowed from French pantalon, itself derived from Italian Pantalone, one of the principal characters found in commedia dell'arte, who wore tight trousers. Doublet of pantsu. The verb is from the noun.