underpants
/ˈʌndə(ɹ)ˌpænts/
underpants noun: underwear covering the genitalia and often buttocks, usually going no higher than the navel.
Noun
underpants pl (plural only, attributive underpant)
- Underwear covering the genitalia and often buttocks, usually going no higher than the navel.
- The Italian fashion of wearing red underpants on December 31 is becoming popular, reputedly to guarantee luck for the new year.1994, Marketing in Europe, Issues 380-385, page 77
- She takes off her fatigue pants and throws them in the washer and the surgical greens and her bloodstained bra and turns on the machine. She is wearing socks and underpants and a .38 Special with a shrouded hammer in an ankle holster.1999, Thomas Harris, Hannibal, page 19
underpants meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Punjabi
underpants in Hindi
- type of underwear
- चड्डी caḍḍī, कच्छा kacchā, कच्छ kacch, जाँघिया jāṅghiyā, जांघिया jāṅghiyā
underpants in Tamil
- type of underwear
- ஜட்டி jaṭṭi
underpants in Urdu
- type of underwear
- جان٘گھیا jānghiyā
underpants in Punjabi
- type of underwear
- ਕੱਛਾ kacchā
More languagesFewer languages
- underpants in Gujarati
- ચડ્ડી caḍḍī
- underpants in Assamese
- জাঙীয়া zaṅia
- underpants in Pashto
- سلتراج soltrāj
- underpants in Tagalog
- karsonsilyo
- underpants in Arabic
- سِرْوَال sirwāl
- underpants in Malay
- seluar dalam
- underpants in Indonesian
- celana dalam, cawat
- underpants in Persian
- زیرشلواری zir-šalvâri, زیرتنبانی zir-tonbâni, سلتراج selterâj
- underpants in Thai
- กางเกงใน gaang-geeng-nai
- underpants in Vietnamese
- quần đùi, quần xà lỏn, quần lót
- underpants in Myanmar
- အတွင်းခံ a.twang:hkam
Examples of underpants in a sentence
- I was in such a hurry that I put my underpants on back to front.
- Her skirt was so short that she flashed her underpants as she was getting out of her car.
- Chang the elderly butler entered, wearing only a pair of skimpy black underpants.
Forms of underpants
| attributive | underpant |
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Origin of underpants
From under- + pants.
Words formed from underpants
Phrases with underpants
Questions about underpants
- What does underpants mean?
- Underpants means underwear covering the genitalia and often buttocks, usually going no higher than the navel.
- What is underpants in Hindi?
- Underpants in Hindi is चड्डी (caḍḍī), कच्छा (kacchā), कच्छ (kacch). See Underpants meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is underpants?
- Underpants is a noun.
- How do you pronounce underpants?
- Underpants is pronounced /ˈʌndə(ɹ)ˌpænts/.
Words near underpants in the dictionary
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