How do you use the word "underpants" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "underpants" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "underpants": Please take off all your clothes except your underpants and bra. We're going to buy underwear. You're still not wearing underpants, are you?

Underpants Meaning

/ˈʌndə(ɹ)ˌpænts/

Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounUnderwear covering the genitalia and often buttocks, usually going no higher than the navel.

Sentence Examples

Please take off all your clothes except your underpants and bra.

We're going to buy underwear. You're still not wearing underpants, are you?

CEFR Practice Quiz

He accidentally wore his ____ on the outside of his trousers while getting dressed in the dark.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

He bought a new pack of cotton ____ this morning because he needed some more comfortable clothes for his trip today.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-énts Proto-Indo-European *ph₂énts? Proto-Hellenic *pánts Ancient Greek πᾶς (pâs) Ancient Greek ἔλεος (éleos) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek ἐλεέω (eleéō) Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Ancient Greek -μων (-mōn) Ancient Greek ἐλεήμων (eleḗmōn) Ancient Greek Παντελεήμων (Panteleḗmōn)der. Italian Pantalonebor. French pantalonbor. English pantaloon English pantaloons English pants English underpants From under- + pants.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"The Italian fashion of wearing red underpants on December 31 is becoming popular, reputedly to guarantee luck for the new year." — 1994, Marketing in Europe, Issues 380-385, page 77:

"She takes off her fatigue pants and throws them in the washer and the surgical greens and her bloodstained bra and turns on the machine. She is wearing socks and underpants and a .38 Special with a shrouded hammer in an ankle holster." — 1999, Thomas Harris, Hannibal, page 19:

"He wore khakis slung so low that five inches of his underpants showed—dark blue boxers with big white polka dots." — 2011, Les Roberts, The Cleveland Creep: A Milan Jacovich Mystery, page 87:

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