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Definitions for Pants

[1] trousers(def 1) .
[2] underpants, especially for women and children; panties.
[3] British . men's underpants, especially long drawers.
[4] wear the pants , to have the dominant role; be in charge: I guess we know who wears the pants in that family.
[5] to breathe hard and quickly, as after exertion.
[6] to gasp, as for air.
[7] to long with breathless or intense eagerness; yearn: to pant for revenge.
[8] to throb or heave violently or rapidly; palpitate.
[9] to emit steam or the like in loud puffs.
[10] Nautical . (of the bow or stern of a ship) to work with the shock of contact with a succession of waves. Compare work(def 24) .
[11] to breathe or utter gaspingly.
[12] the act of panting.
[13] a short, quick, labored effort at breathing; gasp.
[14] a puff, as of an engine.
[15] a throb or heave, as of the breast.
[16] of or relating to pants: pant cuffs.
[17] pant leg.
[18] pants(defs 1, 2) .
[19] British an undergarment reaching from the waist to the thighs or knees
[20] Also called: trousers a garment shaped to cover the body from the waist to the ankles or knees with separate tube-shaped sections for both legs
[21] bore the pants off informal to bore extremely
[22] scare the pants off informal to scare extremely
[23] British slang inferior
[24] to breathe with noisy deep gasps, as when out of breath from exertion or excitement
[25] to say (something) while breathing thus
[26] (intr often foll by for ) to have a frantic desire (for); yearn
[27] (intr) to pulsate; throb rapidly
[28] the act or an instance of panting
[29] a short deep gasping noise; puff

Words related to Pants

trousers, underpants, shorts, knickers, jeans, drawers, dungarees, panties, corduroys, Bermudas, chinos, jodhpurs, briefs, breeches, bloomers, chaps, britches, denims, pantaloons

Words nearby Pants

pantoum, pantropic, pantropical, pantry, pantryman, pants, pants off, the, pantsuit, pantun, panty, panty girdle

Origin of Pants

2First recorded in 1890–95; singular of pants

Other words from Pants

pant·ing·ly , adverb
un·pant·ing , adjective

Word origin for Pants

C15: from Old French pantaisier, from Greek phantasioun to have visions, from phantasia fantasy

Synonyms for Pants

knickers, shorts, slacks, trousers, underpants, Bermudas, bloomers, breeches, briefs, britches, chaps, chinos, cords, corduroys, denims, drawers, dungarees, jeans, jodhpurs, overalls, pantaloons, panties, blue jeans, boxer shorts, clam diggers, pedal pushers