short pants

Noun

Meaning

(used in the plural) trousers that end at or above the knee

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

shorts trunks Bermuda shorts pants trousers drawers bathing suit knickers boxers briefs panties boxer shorts hot pants knee pants short trousers

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Hypernyms

pant trousers pair of trousers

Hyponyms

Bermuda shorts lederhosen hot pants Jamaica shorts

Examples

A child learns to discard his ideals, whereas a grown-up never wears out his short pants. Karl Kraus

They kept me in short pants as long as they could, until they were shaving the hair on my legs because it was beginning to photograph. Jackie Cooper

I feel it was just a few years ago I was running around in short pants. Aaron Neville

I'd wear clogs, short pants and ladies' bracelets. I created this aura for myself. Aidan Quinn

A spin-off of TROGDOR!, called Peasant's Quest, is an adventure game featuring Rather Dashing, a young peasant in short pants. Source: Internet

And the kind of new ideas that are necessary to deal with this new reality just cannot be assimilated by the old, fixed mindset that Granger has congealed over the seven decades since he was in short pants at Whim with Moses Nagamootoo! Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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