pantsnoun [ plural ]
uk/pænts/us/pænts/B1 UK also underpants a piece of underwear covering the area between the waist and the tops of the legs
A1 US UK trousers a piece of clothing that covers the lower part of the body from the waist to the feet, consisting of two cylinder-shaped parts, one for each leg, that are joined at the top:
a pair of pants
Why aren't you wearing any pants, David?
More examples
- Which drawer do pants go in?
- Cecilie needs some new pants and vests.
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Underwear
- basque
- bloomer
- bodice
- bodysuit
- boxer shorts
- drawer
- falsies
- French knickers
- G-string
- girdle
- jock
- slip
- string vest
- thermal underwear
- thong
- training bra
- uplift
- vest
- VPL
- Y-fronts
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Trousers
Idiom(s)
beat, bore, scare, etc. the pants off sb
piss/shit your pants
wet your pants
pantsadjective [ after verb ]
uk/pænts/us/pænts/pants adjective [ after verb ] (BAD)
UK slang not useful or of bad quality:
This music is pants.
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Costing little or no money
- bargain
- bargain bin
- cheap rate
- cheaply
- cut-price
- downscale
- economy-size
- knock-down
- low-rent
- mass market
- modest
- nothing
- offer
- reasonably
- snip
- something
- song
- steal
- tacky
- trinket
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Useless and futile
Informal words for bad
Not of good quality
pants adjective [ after verb ] (CLOTHES)
US UK trouser belonging or relating to pants:
"Just look at this scar," said Aaron proudly, rolling up his pants leg.
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Trousers
- bell-bottoms
- Bermuda shorts
- blue jeans
- bootcut
- breeches
- cutoff
- cycling shorts
- denim
- drainpipe
- dungarees
- jodhpurs
- knickerbockers
- knickers
- leggings
- Levi's
- low-rise
- tracksuit bottoms
- trews
- trouser
- trousers
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