PANTS

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

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Proper noun

Pants

plural of Pant

Anagrams

• NAPTs, snapt

Etymology 1

Noun

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.

Synonyms

• (outer garment): breeks, britches, hosen, slacks, strides, trousers

• (undergarment): see underwear

Hyponyms

• (outer garment that covers the body from the waist downwards): corduroys/cords, jeans

Adjective

pants (comparative more pants, superlative most pants)

(British, slang) Of inferior quality, rubbish.

Etymology 2

Verb

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.

Synonyms

• (pull someone’s pants down): depants, de-pants, debags, (British) keg, (Australian) dack

Etymology 3

Noun

pants

plural of pant

Etymology 4

Verb

pants

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pant

Anagrams

• NAPTs, snapt

Source: Wiktionary

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PANT

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

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