bloomers, pants, drawers, knickers
(noun) (used in the plural) underpants worn by women; “she was afraid that her bloomers might have been showing”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Pants
plural of Pant
• NAPTs, snapt
pants pl (plural only)
(plural only, chiefly, North America, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Cumbria, Lancashire, Liverpool, Manchester) An outer garment that covers the body from the waist downwards, covering each leg separately, usually as far as the ankles; trousers. [from 19th c.]
(plural only, chiefly, UK) An undergarment that covers the genitals and often the buttocks and the neighbouring parts of the body; underpants. [from 19th c.]
(UK, slang) Rubbish; something worthless.
• (outer garment): breeks, britches, hosen, slacks, strides, trousers
• (undergarment): see underwear
• (outer garment that covers the body from the waist downwards): corduroys/cords, jeans
pants (comparative more pants, superlative most pants)
(British, slang) Of inferior quality, rubbish.
pants (third-person singular simple present pantses, present participle pantsing, simple past and past participle pantsed)
To pull someone’s pants down; to forcibly remove someone’s pants.
• (pull someone’s pants down): depants, de-pants, debags, (British) keg, (Australian) dack
pants
plural of pant
pants
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pant
• NAPTs, snapt
Source: Wiktionary
Pant, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Panted; p. pr. & vb. n. Panting.] Etym: [Cf. F. panteler to gasp for breath, OF. panteisier to be breathless, F. pantois out of breath; perh. akin to E. phantom, the verb prob. orig. meaning, to have the nightmare.]
1. To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp. Pluto plants for breath from out his cell. Dryden.
2. Hence: To long eagerly; to desire earnestly. As the hart panteth after the water brooks. Ps. xlii. 1. Who pants for glory finds but short repose. Pope.
3. To beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate, or throb; -- said of the heart. Spenser.
4. To sigh; to flutter; to languish. [Poetic] The whispering breeze Pants on the leaves, and dies upon the trees. Pope.
Pant, v. t.
1. To breathe forth quickly or in a labored manner; to gasp out. There is a cavern where my spirit Was panted forth in anguish. Shelley.
2. To long for; to be eager after. [R.] Then shall our hearts pant thee. Herbert.
Pant, n.
1. A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp. Drayton.
2. A violent palpitation of the heart. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
