Phrase guide

hot pants

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Very brief, tight shorts mainly worn by women and girls.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-only

Examples

  • Her hot pants were so short, I could see her butt cheeks.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: booty shorts

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A lustful attraction toward somebody.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-only, slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Someone (especially a woman) with a high sexual appetite.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

skin-tight very short pants worn by young women as an outer garment

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: short pants, shorts, trunks

5

noun

Meaning 5

a state of sexual arousal

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: horniness, hotness

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sexual arousal

History

Etymology

From the 1970s.

Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Cantonese: 熱褲 /热裤 (jit6 fu3) — small shorts
  • Chinese Mandarin: 熱褲 /热裤 (rèkù) — small shorts
  • Dutch: hotpants — small shorts
  • Finnish: mikrosortsit — small shorts
  • Finnish: mikroshortsit — small shorts
  • French: mini-short m micro-short — small shorts
  • German: Hotpants — small shorts
  • German: heiße Höschen — small shorts
  • Jamaican Creole: batty rider — small shorts
  • Japanese: ホットパンツ (hotto pantsu) — small shorts
  • Korean: 핫팬츠 (hatpaencheu) — small shorts
  • Spanish: minishort — small shorts
  • Spanish: pantaloneta corta — small shorts
  • Spanish: pantaloncito caliente — small shorts