pantsing
pantsing is the present participle and gerund of pants.
Noun
pantsing (countable and uncountable, plural pantsings)
- The pulling down of a person's trousers, usually as a prank or form of bullying.
- An improvised style of writing without an outline.
- Here's how to painlessly make pantsing your backup. The unknown can be intimidating. The key to pantsing is to not worry about how it will all hang together. Just start writing.2017, The Complete Handbook of Novel Writing, Penguin, →ISBN
Meaning of pants
Verb
pants (third-person singular simple present pantses, present participle pantsing, simple past and past participle pantsed)
- To pull someone’s pants down; to forcibly remove someone’s pants.
- Keith Gerber has been pantsed twice already this summer by Lannie and Cling, and so his face is more resolved, the fear tempered by the fact that he understands these things to be inevitable.1948, Carolina Quarterly, University of California, page 47
Synonyms of pantsing
Forms of pantsing
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Questions about pantsing
- What does pantsing mean?
- Pantsing means the pulling down of a person's trousers, usually as a prank or form of bullying.
- What is pantsing the present participle and gerund of?
- Pantsing is the present participle and gerund of pants.
- What part of speech is pantsing?
- Pantsing is a noun.
- What is the plural of pantsing?
- The plural of pantsing is pantsings.
Words near pantsing in the dictionary
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