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Unterhose — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • briefs noun Short, close-fitting underpants.
  • pants noun An outer garment covering the body from the waist down, with separate legs; trousers.
  • underpants noun A piece of underwear covering the lower torso and genitals, worn beneath outer clothing.

Senses

Unterhose is used for these senses in English:

  • briefs (chiefly, Australia, informal) Male underpant bikini briefs.
  • pants (chiefly, UK) An undergarment that covers the genitals and often the buttocks and the neighbouring parts of the body; underpants. [from 19th c.]
  • underpants Underwear covering the genitalia and often buttocks, usually going no higher than the navel.
  • undershorts (dated) Underpants, type of underwear worn in skin contact with the hip portion of the body, small enough to be worn invisibly under shorts. Typically refers to male, not female, underpants.

pants — full definition

  1. noun An outer garment covering the body from the waist down, with separate legs; trousers.
  2. noun An undergarment covering the lower body; underpants.
  3. adj Informal British slang for something of poor quality or disappointing.

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