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Meanings of underpants in English

Russian
трусы
Portuguese
cueca
Spanish
calzoncillo
Catalan
calçotets
Wikidata

Undergarment worn next to the body having legs or leg openings.

трусы
Wikidata

Piece of cloth adapted to cover the genitals and buttocks of a man or a woman.

Synonyms
Examples for "pants"
Examples for "pants"
1
Yet the actors bring the flying-by-the-seat-of-their-pants concentration that the visionary enterprise needs.
The Guardian
2
The legs of the pants were large enough to keep house in.
Sermons on Biblical Characters
3
Every living creature gasps and pants for breath in the scorching heat.
Stories of California
4
Save in deference to your ladyship I probably would have said pants.
The Harvester
5
I always was a seamstress-madepants for the men on the place.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
Usage of underpants in English
1
He pushes up my nightie with the right and tears my underpants.
Say you're one of them
2
He stripped to his underpants, and I brought him schnapps, brandy, wine.
How the soldier repairs the gramophone
3
Jacket on a chair; then trousers, underpants and shirt, all very neatly.
Magic seeds
4
The underpants disappear over the other side and flutter to the ground.
Keeper: one house, three generations, and a journey into alzheim...
5
I had to take off all his clothes but not his underpants.
Kennedy's brain
6
A pool of blue liquid now flooded the linoleum and nearby underpants.
86'd: a novel
7
Bet there isn't even a mention of the purple underpants in it.
The Irish Times
8
She was facing him, her jeans and underpants bunched around her ankles.
The passage
9
There are holes in his underpants, and in one of his socks.
Shadows in the twilight
10
I was swimming in my underpants, and with the same huge erection.
Bag of Bones
11
The millionaire was standing in his underpants drinking a can of coke.
The Irish Times
12
He reached for his jeans and underpants still lying on the bed.
The Killing Dance
13
Blood runs down her legs, too, and has soaked through her underpants.
My Sister's Keeper
14
You must think I wear my underpants on the outside of my clothes.
Lowboy
15
I'd rather put on someone's used underpants than tie into a pre-owned rope.
Rock and Ice Magazine
16
He put his underpants on, hopping about on one foot; he was entertaining.
The Centauri Device
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Translations for underpants
Russian
трусы
Portuguese
cueca
Catalan
calçotets
Underpants through the time
Underpants across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common