PANTS


Meaning of PANTS in English

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1.

Pants are a piece of underwear which have two holes to put your legs through and elastic around the top to hold them up round your waist or hips. ( BRIT; in AM, usually use underpants )

I put on my bra and pants.

= knickers

N-PLURAL : also a pair of N

2.

Pants are a piece of clothing that covers the lower part of your body and each leg. ( AM; in BRIT, use trousers )

He wore brown corduroy pants and a white cotton shirt.

N-PLURAL : also a pair of N

3.

If you say that something is pants , you mean that it is very poor in quality. ( BRIT INFORMAL )

The place is pants, yet so popular.

N-UNCOUNT

4.

If someone bores, charms, or scares the pants off you, for example, they bore, charm, or scare you a lot. ( INFORMAL )

You’ll bore the pants off your grandchildren...

PHRASE : v PHR [ emphasis ]

5.

If you fly by the seat of your pants or do something by the seat of your pants , you use your instincts to tell you what to do in a new or difficult situation rather than following a plan or relying on equipment.

PHRASE : V inflects

6.

to wear the pants: see wear

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Английский словарь Коллинз COBUILD для изучающих язык на продвинутом уровне.