pants
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pants/pants/
▶plural noun
- 1 Brit. underpants or knickers.
- 2 chiefly N. Amer. trousers.
- 3 Brit. informal rubbish; nonsense.
– phrases
catch someone with their pants (or trousers) down informal catch someone in an embarrassingly unprepared state.
fly (or drive) by the seat of one's pants informal rely on instinct rather than logic or knowledge.
scare (or bore etc.) the pants off someone informal make someone extremely scared, bored, etc.
catch someone with their pants (or trousers) down informal catch someone in an embarrassingly unprepared state.
fly (or drive) by the seat of one's pants informal rely on instinct rather than logic or knowledge.
scare (or bore etc.) the pants off someone informal make someone extremely scared, bored, etc.
'pants' also found in these Oxford entries:
ant
- antsy
- capri pants
- cargo pants
- cigarette pants
- fancy-pants
- hot pants
- loons
- palazzo pants
- pantsuit
- panty girdle
- ski pants
- smarty-pants
- stirrup pants
- tap pants
- toreador pants
- trousers
