panty
panty noun: short trousers for men, or more usually boys.
Noun
panty (plural panties)
- Short trousers for men, or more usually boys.
- An article of clothing worn as underpants by women.
- For, unlike old-fashioned diapers, PLAYTEX Dryper confines all wetness to the panty area; brings your baby a whole new world of comfort plus cleaner, finer protection.1952 October 13, Advertisement, Life, page 13
- “One time I was going to run and change before a concert because I realized I had panty lines showing,” says Britta Phillips, […] .2003, Glamour, Volume 101, Issues 4-6, page number unknown
- A helmet cover.
- There is a special play called “Passing the Star” that allows the jammer to remove her helmet panty and hand it over to the pivot.2010, Alex Cohen, Jennifer Barbee, Down and Derby: The Insider's Guide to Roller Derby, unnumbered page
- We′re practicing this strategy right now. Francesca is the Jammer, and she′s supposed to pass me the helmet panty. Bruisey-Q is assisting her, helping her get through the pack by knocking the formidable ass of ThunderSmack out of the way.2010, Pamela Ribon, Going in Circles, page 200
Examples of panty in a sentence
- That puts their panty well over 1000% higher priced than the Hanes panty and roughly 300% higher priced than the Victoria′s Secret panty.2011, Dan S. Kennedy, Jason Marrs, No B.S. Price Strategy, page 54:
- "If you get jammed in, hand me the panty.2018, Elicia Hyder, Lights Out Lucy: Roller Derby 101:
Forms of panty
| plural | panties |
|---|---|
| alternative form | pantie |
Origin of panty
Recorded since 1845 in the plural, meaning “drawers for men”, a derogatory diminutive of pants (the shortening of pantaloons); meaning “underpants for women or children” first recorded 1908.
Words formed from panty
- pantied
- pantie girdle
- panty girdle
- pantie hose
- pantihose
- pantyhose
- panty hose
- panty-hose
- Pantifa
- pantiliner
- pantyliner
- panty liner
- panty-belt
- panty dropper
- pantyless
- panty line
- panty man
- panty raid
- panty remover
- panty shield
- pantywaist
- pink panty dropper
Phrases with panty
Words that rhyme with panty
Questions about panty
- What does panty mean?
- Panty means short trousers for men, or more usually boys.
- How do you use panty in a sentence?
- That puts their panty well over 1000% higher priced than the Hanes panty and roughly 300% higher priced than the Victoria′s Secret panty.
- What part of speech is panty?
- Panty is a noun.
- What is the plural of panty?
- The plural of panty is panties.
Words near panty in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: panty (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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