pants
Meanings
Noun
- underpants worn by women
- the noise made by a short puff of steam (as from an engine)
- (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately
- a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open
- An outer garment that covers the body from the waist downwards, covering each leg separately, usually as far as the ankles; trousers.
- An undergarment that covers the genitals and often the buttocks and the neighbouring parts of the body; underpants.
- Rubbish; something worthless.
- plural of pant
Verb
- breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
- utter while panting, as if out of breath
- To pull someone’s pants down; to forcibly remove someone’s pants.
- third-person singular simple present indicative of pant
Adj
- Of inferior quality, rubbish.
Origin / Etymology
Etymology tree
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)bor.
Spanish Pantaleónder.
Italian Pantaloneder.
French pantalonbor.
English pantaloon
English pantaloons
English pants
Shortened from pantaloons (“trousers”): borrowed from French pantalon, itself derived from Italian Pantalone, one of the principal characters found in commedia dell'arte, who wore tight trousers. Doublet of pantsu. The verb is from the noun.
Synonyms
bloomers, breeks, britches, dack, de-pants, debag, depants, drawers, gasp, heave, hosen, keg, knickers, pant, puff, sag, slacks, strides, trouser, trousers, underwear
Scrabble Score: 7
pants is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordpants is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
pants is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary