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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
pants /pænts/USA pronunciation   n. [plural]
  1. Clothingtrousers:His pants were too short.
  2. Clothingunderpants, esp. for women and children;
    panties.
  3. British Terms, Clothingmen's underpants, esp. long drawers.
Idioms
  1. Idioms wear the pants, to have the dominant role:Who wears the pants in that family, the husband or wife?


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
pants  (pants),USA pronunciation n. (used with a pl. v.)
  1. Clothingtrousers (def. 1).
  2. Clothingunderpants, esp. for women and children;
    panties.
  3. British Terms, Clothingmen's underpants, esp. long drawers.
  4. Idioms wear the pants, to have the dominant role;
    be in charge:I guess we know who wears the pants in that family.
  • short for pantaloons 1830–40

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
pants /pænts/ pl n
  1. Brit an undergarment reaching from the waist to the thighs or knees
  2. Also called: trousers a garment shaped to cover the body from the waist to the ankles or knees with separate tube-shaped sections for both legs
  3. scare the pants off ⇒ informal to scare extremely
 adj
  1. Brit slang inferior
Etymology: 19th Century: shortened from pantaloons; see pantaloon
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
pant1 /pænt/USA pronunciation   v. 
  1. Physiology to breathe hard and quickly, as after hard work:[no object]He ran up seven flights of stairs, panting and gasping for air.
  2. Physiology to breathe or say rapidly or with gasps:[used with quotations]"Look out,'' she panted, "he's after us.''
  3. to wish for or desire with strong eagerness;
    yearn:[no object]to pant for revenge.

n. [countable]
  1. Physiologya short, quick effort to breathe;
    gasp.

pant2 /pænt/USA pronunciation   adj. [before a noun]
  1. Clothingof or relating to pants:a pant leg; pant cuffs.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
pant1  (pant),USA pronunciation v.i. 
  1. Physiologyto breathe hard and quickly, as after exertion.
  2. Physiologyto gasp, as for air.
  3. to long with breathless or intense eagerness;
    yearn:to pant for revenge.
  4. Physiologyto throb or heave violently or rapidly;
    palpitate.
  5. to emit steam or the like in loud puffs.
  6. Nautical, Naval Terms(of the bow or stern of a ship) to work with the shock of contact with a succession of waves. Cf. work (def. 30).

v.t. 
  1. Physiologyto breathe or utter gaspingly.

n. 
  1. Physiologythe act of panting.
  2. Physiologya short, quick, labored effort at breathing;
    gasp.
  3. a puff, as of an engine.
  4. Physiologya throb or heave, as of the breast.
  • Greek phantasioûn to have or form images. See fantasy
  • Vulgar Latin *phantasiāre to have visions
  • Middle French pant(a)is(i)er
  • late Middle English panten 1400–50
pant′ing•ly, adv. 
    1. puff, blow. Pant, gasp suggest breathing with more effort than usual. Pant suggests rapid, convulsive breathing, as from violent exertion or excitement:to pant after running for the train.Gasp suggests catching one's breath in a single quick intake, as from amazement, terror, and the like, or a series of such quick intakes of breath, as in painful breathing:to gasp with horror; to gasp for breath. 3. thirst, hunger.
pant2  (pant),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Clothingof or pertaining to pants:pant cuffs.

n. 
  1. ClothingSee pant leg. 
  2. Clothingpants (defs. 1, 2).
  • singular of pants 1890–95

pant-, 
  1. var. of panto- before a vowel.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
pant /pænt/ vb
  1. to breathe with noisy deep gasps, as when out of breath from exertion or excitement
  2. to say (something) while breathing thus
  3. (intransitive) often followed by for: to have a frantic desire (for); yearn
  4. (intransitive) to pulsate; throb rapidly
 n
  1. the act or an instance of panting
  2. a short deep gasping noise; puff
Etymology: 15th Century: from Old French pantaisier, from Greek phantasioun to have visions, from phantasia fantasy
'pants' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
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