Meaning

1 senses

  1. (Canada, US, dated, plural, plural only)Short trousers

More definitions
  • (used in the plural) trousers that end at or above the knee

Examples

13 sentences

  1. Does Tom ever wear short pants?

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  2. Why are you wearing short pants?

    ruПочему ты в шортах? — odexed

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  3. Do you ever wear short pants?

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  4. Tom showed up wearing short pants.

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  5. I've never seen Tom wearing short pants.

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Origin

From short + pants.

From short + pants.

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Forms

plural: short pantses
Singularshort pants
Pluralshort pantses

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (used in the plural) trousers that end at or above the knee:shortstrunks

Word family

1 related words
RelatedshortsA2

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
shortA1shortageB1shortcakeshortcomingshortcut
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