hot pants
Americannoun
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(used with a plural verb) very brief and usually tight-fitting shorts for women and girls, first popularized in the early 1970s.
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(used with a singular verb)
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strong sexual desire.
He has hot pants for her.
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a person, especially a woman, with strong sexual desire.
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plural noun
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very brief skin-tight shorts, worn by young women
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slang a feeling of sexual arousal
he has hot pants for her
Etymology
Origin of hot pants
First recorded in 1925–30 hot pants for def. 2; and in 1965–70 hot pants for def. 1
Example Sentences
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“That was a song about fashion changes in the ’60s with bell-bottom hip-huggers and high-heeled boots and all the different styles of clothes the girls were wearing — hot pants and all that stuff.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2025
McCartney gave us sheeny shirts with historic white cape sleeves, neatly paired with shimmering crystal hot pants — lead-free, of course.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 2, 2023
Dame Mary Quant, who has died aged 93, designed miniskirts, patterned tights, hot pants and plastic raincoats which epitomised the look of swinging London in the 1960s.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2023
Southwest distinguished itself as a scrappy underdog airline whose flight attendants wore go-go boots and hot pants, and whose marketing grew out of the airline’s beginnings at Love Field in the Dallas area.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 30, 2022
I had a friend in grammar school whose mother wore hot pants and white vinyl go-go boots just like Nancy Sinatra.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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