Lexic.us

Definition of Pants

1. Noun. Underpants worn by women. "She was afraid that her bloomers might have been showing"

Definition of Pants

1. Noun. (context: chiefly North America Australia New Zealand South Africa) An outer garment worn by men and women that covers the body from the waist downwards, covering each leg separately, usually as far as the ankles; trousers. (defdate from 19th c.) ¹

2. Noun. An outer garment that covers the waist downwards, usually stopping at the upper thighs; shorts. ¹

3. Noun. (context: chiefly UK) An undergarment worn by men or women that covers the genitals and often the buttocks and the neighbouring parts of the body; underpants. (defdate from 19th c.) ¹

4. Verb. To pull someone’s pants down; to forcibly remove someone’s pants. ¹

5. Adjective. (British slang) of inferior quality, rubbish. ¹

6. Verb. (third-person singular of pant) ¹

7. Noun. (fashion) (plural of pant) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pants

1. pant [v] - See also: pant

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pants

Literary usage of Pants

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Descriptions of Occupations by United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States Employment Service (1918)
"BACK MAKER, pants BUDGE Description: The back maker is a fairly important machine operator in the processes of making the pants, joining the back pieces of ..."

2. The Witmark Amateur Minstrel Guide and Burnt Cork Encyclopedia by Frank Dumont (1905)
"I says to my mother: "Mother, I bought a pair of pants, and they are two ... My mother came in and saw the pants. She says: "That poor boy wants to go to ..."

3. Werner's Readings and Recitations (1915)
"HIS SISTER, HIS COUSIN, AND HIS pants. HARRIET FORD. There was a man in Allentown, and he was wondrous wise; He bought a bran new pair of pants of somewhat ..."

4. Annual Report by Children's Aid Society (New York, N.Y.) (1854)
"Mrs. Nelson, a parcel, containing 4 pair of pants, and 1 dress coat. ... 1 shirt, 3 pair of pants, shoes and stockings, collars and neckties. ..."

5. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"Pantaloons, pants—contd. 1859 See GRIST. 1860 Whirling round so quick, the hind side of your pants stuck out before you, you shut your eyes. ..."

6. The Verbalist: A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the by Alfred Ayres (1881)
"pants. This abbreviation is not used by those who are careful in the choice ... pants are worn by gents who eat lunches and open wine, and trousers are worn ..."

7. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1884)
"ABOUT A PAIR OF pants ... note : "The committy man giv me amungst other things wat he called a pare of pants, and ' twould make me pant some to ware em. ..."

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