Jeans

American  

[jeenz] / dʒinz /

noun

1. Sir James (Hopwood) 1877–1946, English astrophysicist and author.

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Jeans ¹ British  

/ dʒiːnz /

noun

1. Sir James Hopwood. 1877–1946, English astronomer, physicist, and mathematician, best known for his popular books on astronomy. He made important contributions to the kinetic theory of gases and the theory of stellar evolution

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jeans ² British  

/ dʒiːnz /

plural noun

1. informal trousers for casual wear, made esp of denim or corduroy

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Usage

What are jeans? Jeans are a type of pants traditionally made from denim (a kind of cotton fabric).The word most commonly refers to denim blue jeans. Jeans can be other colors, but they’re most commonly blue. The defining feature of most jeans is that they’re made out of some kind of denim or denim-like fabric. Most jeans have seams and pockets that are reinforced with rivets—small metal fasteners.The word jeans can technically be used to refer to pants made from other materials, such as corduroy, but this isn’t common. For example, pants made out of corduroy are commonly called corduroys.Jeans were originally worn as pants for rugged work, but they are now most commonly worn as casual attire.Like the words pants and trousers, jeans is always used in the plural form when referring to the pants.The word jean (without an s at the end) can be used to refer to the material and is typically used as a modifier to describe garments that are made of this material, as in jean jacket or jean shorts. Example: I love being able to wear jeans to work on casual Fridays.

Etymology

Origin of jeans

plural of _jean

Example Sentences

The actors wore T-shirts and jeans.

From The Wall Street Journal

Amy Pascal, the head of the studio, dressed casually in a green suede leather jacket, jeans and fur-lined clogs.

From The Wall Street Journal

Dressed in patchwork jeans, a faded denim jacket and a white long sleeve shirt, Murakami reveals how a recent trip to Claude Monet’s house and gardens in Giverny, France, cemented his understanding of the fundamental connections between genres.

From Los Angeles Times

“That’s okay,” he said, and crammed the letter into his jeans pocket.

From Literature

He didn’t pay much attention to what Mom and Dad and Katherine were talking about—something about some brand of jeans that all the popular girls in sixth grade owned.

From Literature