pants (redirected from caught with trousers down)

pant ¹  (pnt)

v. pant·ed, pant·ing, pants

v.intr.

1. To breathe rapidly in short gasps, as after exertion.

2. To beat loudly or heavily; throb or pulsate.

3. To give off loud puffs, especially while moving.

4. To long demonstratively; yearn: was panting for a chance to play.

v.tr.

To utter hurriedly or breathlessly: I panted my congratulations to the winner of the race.

n.

1. A short labored breath; a gasp.

2. A throb; a pulsation.

3. A short loud puff, as of steam from an engine.

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[Middle English panten, perhaps alteration of Old French pantaisier, from Vulgar Latin *pantasire, from Greek phantasioun, to form images, from phantasi, appearance; see fantasy.]

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panting·ly adv.

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pants

Noun, pl

1. Brit an undergarment with two leg holes, covering the body from the waist or hips to the thighs

2. US, Canad, Austral & NZ trousers or shorts

3. bore or scare the pants off someone Informal to bore or scare someone very much [shortened from pantaloons]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

pants - underpants worn by women; "she was afraid that her bloomers might have been showing" bloomers, drawers, knickers underpants - an undergarment that covers the body from the waist no further than to the thighs; usually worn next to the skin plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one

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pants

plural noun 1. Brit. underpants, briefs, drawers, knickers, panties, boxer shorts, Y-fronts ™ broekies S. African underdaks Austral. (slang)

plural noun 2. U.S. trousers, slacks

Translations

pants [pænts] n (BRIT) (= underwear) (woman's) → bragas fpl: (man's) → calzoncillos mpl;

(US) (= trousers); pantalones mpl

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pants [pænts] n (Brit) (woman's) → culotte f, slip m: (man's) → slip, caleçon m;

(US) (= trousers); pantalon m

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pants [pænts] npl (Brit) (woman's) → Höschen nt;

(000) (man's) → Unterhose f;

(US) (= trousers); Hose f

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pants [pænts] npl (BRIT) → mutande fpl; slip m;

(US) (= trousers); pantaloni mpl