pants

1. (chiefly Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Philippines, Singapore, Northern England) An outer garment that covers the body from the waist downwards, covering each leg separately, usually as far as the ankles; trousers.Examples: "“But they cover the legs,” Joseph explained. “That is the only reason my people wear pants: to cover the legs in the winter, or when traveling through rough country, full of thorns. In warm weather, or in open country, pants are unnecessary, uncomfortable, and foolish.”"; "It's in the evening after dark when the blackleg miner creeps to work. With his moleskin pants and his dirty shirt, there goes the blackleg miner."; "Then he gave me a last desperate push and I tripped over the shorts caught around my ankles and fell down. I tried to pull my pants up with my boxing gloves but without success.[…]In those days nobody wore underpants and I was bare-arsed and fancy free in front of everyone."Synonyms: breeks, britches, hosen, slacks, strides, trousersAustraliaCanadaIndiaNew-ZealandNorthern-EnglandPhilippinesSingaporeSouth-AfricaUSpluralplural-only

2. (chiefly UK) An undergarment that covers the genitals and often the buttocks and the neighbouring parts of the body; underpants.Examples: "I decided to pass up her underclothes, not from feelings of delicacy, but because I couldn't see myself putting her pants on and snapping her brassière."; "Big girls get candy for dry pants."; "As she bent over the intercom the little skirt went peek-a-boo and you could see white pants cupping her buttocks like a bra."Synonyms: underwearUKpluralplural-only

3. (UK, slang) Rubbish; something worthless.Examples: "You're talking pants!"; "The film was a load [or pile] of pants."UKpluralplural-onlyslang