TROUSER

trouser

(noun) a garment (or part of a garment) designed for or relating to trousers; ā€œin his trouserā€™s pocketā€; ā€œhe ripped his left trouser on the fenceā€

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

trouser (plural trousers)

(used attributively as a modifier) Of or relating to trousers.

(in clothing retail and fashion) A pair of trousers.

Usage notes

• Outside the clothing retail and fashion industries, the use of the noun trouser to refer to a pair of trousers is rare.

Verb

trouser (third-person singular simple present trousers, present participle trousering, simple past and past participle trousered)

(transitive, British, Ireland, informal) To put money into one's trouser pocket; to pocket.

(transitive, British, Ireland, informal) To legally remove funds from an organization for personal use.

(transitive, British, Ireland, informal) To secretively steal an item or money for personal use.

Anagrams

• retours, rotures, rouster, routers, tourers

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ā€˜the father of the brideā€™ instead of ā€˜the brideā€™s fatherā€™


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