tights

Meanings

Noun

• skintight knit hose covering the body from the waist to the feet worn by acrobats and dancers and as stockings by women and girls
• A close-fitting, sheer or non-sheer skin-tight garment worn principally by women and girls that covers the body completely from the waist down, usually including the feet.
• A similar, non-sheer garment worn by dancers of either sex, especially by ballet dancers.
• A garment, similar to briefs, worn chiefly by professional wrestlers.
• In blasting rock, a piece of unbroken rock within the pay limit of a blast.

Synonyms

leotards, pantyhose