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Meanings of tights in English

Portuguese
collants
Catalan
mitges

Skintight knit hose covering the body from the waist to the feet worn by acrobats and dancers and as stockings by women and girls.

collants
Usage of tights in English
1
Renowned for its innovation - remember Follow Me tights two years ago?
The Irish Times
2
Men in tights probably wouldn't be taken seriously by the average American.
Shift
3
Actors in paint and tights stood without to attract the crowd within.
The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 2
4
Enticed by one of these -I thought you said in tights.
The new yorker
5
She could have been a mirage: high heels, short skirt, pale tights.
Country driving: a journey through china from farm to factory
6
My tights and green rotunda would protect me from any potential bedbugs.
My horizontal life: a collection of one-night stands
7
Tell me-however did you manage to fit into those smashing tights?
Hook
8
In fact, he was about the same color as the Hurricane's tights.
On Edge
9
At last Dick appeared, looking splendid in red tights and Hessian boots.
A Mummer's Wife
10
I really can't picture myself onstage in tights and spangles like you.
The last illusion
11
He wore a pair of tights three sizes too small for him.
Andy the Acrobat / Or, Out with the Greatest Show on Earth
12
It wasn't as if I'd seen a lot of guys in tights.
Tell the Wolves I’m Home
13
I didn't own any clothes as attractive as her tights and top.
Engineering Infinity
14
What compels a full grown human being to take up the tights?
Radio NZ
15
The 10-denier tights that seem madly impractical for any kind of crime-fighting!
The Guardian
16
You wouldn't have to wear tights if you'd a dress on you.
The Irish Times
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Translations for tights
Portuguese
collants
Catalan
mitges
Tights through the time
Tights across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common