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parachute pants

parachute pants noun: a style of trousers characterized by the use of nylon, especially ripstop nylon, associated with breakdancing culture in the 1980s.

Noun

parachute pants pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A style of trousers characterized by the use of nylon, especially ripstop nylon, associated with breakdancing culture in the 1980s.

Origin of parachute pants

The nylon material resembles that of a parachute.

Questions about parachute pants

What does parachute pants mean?
Parachute pants means a style of trousers characterized by the use of nylon, especially ripstop nylon, associated with breakdancing culture in the 1980s.
What part of speech is parachute pants?
Parachute pants is a noun.

Words near parachute pants in the dictionary

  1. parachute
  2. parachute candidate
  3. parachute flare
  4. parachute flares
  5. parachute panties
  6. parachute pants
  7. parachute payment
  8. parachute payments
  9. parachute roll
  10. parachute rolls
  11. parachuted

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