de-pantsv.
/ˌdiːˈpants/, U.S. /ˌdiˈpæn(t)s/ U.S. slang.
transitive. To pull down or remove the trousers of (a person), esp. as a prank or punishment. Cf. debag v.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (transitive)] > strip or undress a person > divest of specific garments > trousers
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1939 Los Angeles Times 6 Feb. ii. 4/5 Carl always accused Harry of being the skunk who de-pantsed him that evening in 1920.
1948 Edwardsville (Illinois) Intelligencer 30 Apr. 1/2 Two Junior high school boys, about 12 years old, were ‘depantsed’ at the Children's playgrounds off Chapman street.
1959 E. Connell Mrs. Bridge xiv. 27 I got depantsed... They took my pants and threw them up on top of Goldfarb's garage.
2004 J. Meno Hairstyles of Damned 60 I got a flash of this kid..on the wrestling team, who I once saw de-pants some honors-class fag in the gym locker room.
Derivatives
de-ˈpantsing n.
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1942 Coe College Cosmos (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) 7 Jan. 3 (caption) De-pantsing—At Armour Tech (Chicago) all freshmen refusing to wear green caps are stripped of their pants and required to walk in such a state to all classes during the day!
1998 Bloomington (Indiana) Herald-Times 11 Dec. c6/4 Given the juvenile nature of all of this, I think de-pantsing would really fit the crime. Make him walk out of the chamber with his pants down around his ankles.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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