PANTS


Meaning of PANTS in English

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 under~ )

I put on my bra and ~.

= 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 ~ and a white cotton shirt.

N-PLURAL: also a pair of N

3.

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

The place is ~, yet so popular.

N-UNCOUNT

4.

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

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

PHRASE: v PHR emphasis

5.

If you fly by the seat of your ~ or do something by the seat of your ~, 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 ~: see wear

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