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- [pants]
- /pænts/
- /pænts/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [pants]
- /pænts/
Definitions of pants word
- noun pants pant leg. 1
- noun pants pants (defs 1, 2). 1
- idioms pants wear the pants, to have the dominant role; be in charge: I guess we know who wears the pants in that family. 1
- verb without object pants to breathe hard and quickly, as after exertion. 1
- verb without object pants to gasp, as for air. 1
- verb without object pants to long with breathless or intense eagerness; yearn: to pant for revenge. 1
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Origin of pants
First appearance:
before 1830 One of the 36% newest English words
1830-40; short for pantaloons
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Pants
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
pants popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
pants usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for pants
noun pants
- denim — Denim is a thick cotton cloth, usually blue, which is used to make clothes. Jeans are made from denim.
- denims — Denims are casual trousers made of denim.
- drawers — a sliding, lidless, horizontal compartment, as in a piece of furniture, that may be drawn out in order to gain access to it.
- dungarees — dungarees. work clothes, overalls, etc., of blue denim. blue jeans.
- chaps — Chaps are leather leggings without a seat that are sometimes worn by cowboys over their pants.
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