hot pants

American  

[hot pants, hot pants] / ˈhɒt ˌpænts, ˈhɒt ˈpænts /

noun

1. (used with a plural verb) very brief and usually tight-fitting shorts for women and girls, first popularized in the early 1970s.

2. (used with a singular verb)

   1. strong sexual desire.

      He has hot pants for her.

   2. a person, especially a woman, with strong sexual desire.

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hot pants British  

plural noun

1. very brief skin-tight shorts, worn by young women

2. slang a feeling of sexual arousal

   he has hot pants for her

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Etymology

Origin of hot pants

First recorded in 1925–30 hot pants for def. 2; and in 1965–70 hot pants for def. 1