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undergear

UK/ˈʌndəɡɪə//ˈʌndəɹɡɪɹ/

undergear noun: underwear.

Noun

undergear (usually uncountable, plural undergears)

  1. (uncommon, usually) Underwear
    • Could you just go easy on Buzz? He's got his undergear all in a pinch right now.2022, Josh Coker, Suzanne Sherwood, Julie Tarman, Dreams in Ruin, page 35

Verb

UK/ʌndəˈɡɪə/US/ʌndəɹˈɡɪɹ/

undergear (third-person singular simple present undergears, present participle undergearing, simple past and past participle undergeared)

  1. (Internet) To equip a character with equipment that is significantly worse than expected for their level, role or the content they are being used to play through.
    Antonyms:
    overgear

Antonyms of undergear

Forms of undergear

Noun
pluralundergears
Verb
third-person singular presentundergears
present participleundergearing
past participleundergeared
pastundergeared

Origin of undergear

From under- + gear.

Questions about undergear

What does undergear mean?
Undergear means underwear.
What part of speech is undergear?
Undergear can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce undergear?
Undergear is pronounced /ˈʌndəɡɪə/ (UK).
What is the plural of undergear?
The plural of undergear is undergears.

Words near undergear in the dictionary

  1. undergarnishes
  2. undergarnment
  3. undergarnments
  4. undergartment
  5. undergartments
  6. undergear
  7. undergeared
  8. undergearing
  9. undergears
  10. undergeneral
  11. undergeneralisation

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