Jeans
noun
Sir James (Hopwood) 1877–1946, English astrophysicist and author.
Jeans
American
[jeenz]
/ dʒinz /
noun
Jeans
1
British
/ dʒiːnz /
noun
jeans
2
British
/ dʒiːnz /
plural noun
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
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I spent a day in Zurich with a 67-year-old man who goes by “Swiss Jeans Freak.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
Jeans remain the core of Levi’s business, and skinny, slim, bootcut and straight fits still make up the bulk of its bottoms segment.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
When describing these guys to Karen, I used their identifying traits to label them: Stalker Creep, Dude Looks Like a Lady, Mom Jeans Guy.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
But Jeans was confident that holidaymakers from Scotland should not be worried.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026
Jeans and an old baseball shirt under his bomber jacket.
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
It’s also branching beyond jeans into ’90s throwbacks like slip dresses, baby tees and leather jackets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Levi’s is seeing its low-rise jeans “just grow disproportionately within the business.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
Levi’s has also expanded its assortment of low-rise jeans, a style that caught on toward the end of the 90s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
We were dressed in our rancho libertarian best: jeans, embroidered leather belts, pearl snap shirts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
Words bounce around me, and my fingers dig into my jeans like if I just hold on hard enough, it will all stop.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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