hot pants

[hot pants for 1; hot pants for 2]

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noun

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

(used with a singular verb) Slang. strong sexual desire.

Origin of hot pants

First recorded in 1965–70

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Related Words for hot pants

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British Dictionary definitions for hot pants

hot pants

pl n

very brief skin-tight shorts, worn by young women

slang a feeling of sexual arousalhe has hot pants for her

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Word Origin and History for hot pants

"short-shorts," 1970, from hot (adj.) + pants (n.). Probably influenced by earlier sense of "sexual arousal" (1927).