pantie noun.
['panti] colloq. Also
panty, (in comb.)
panti-.
M19.[Dim. of PANTS: see -Y6, -IE.]1. In
pl. Men's trousers or shorts. Chiefly
derog. M19.2. In
pl. & (
rare exc.
attrib. or in
comb. &
US)
sing. Short-legged or legless pants worn as underwear by women and girls.
E20.
Comb.:
pantie-girdle a woman's girdle with a crotch shaped like pants;
pantie hose,
pantihose women's tights;
pantie leg the leg part of a pair of panties;
pantie raid N. Amer. a prank involving the raiding of women's rooms for trophies of underwear;
pantie-waist noun & adjective (
N. Amer.)
(a) noun a sissy, a coward; also (
rare), a garment, usu. for children, consisting of panties attached to a bodice;
(b) adjective effeminate, weak.
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