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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, plural, plural-only
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From under- + shorts, by analogy with underpants, etc.
Across languages
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
