pubes

¹ American  

[pyoo-beez] / ˈpyu biz /

noun

Anatomy.

plural

pubes

1. the lower part of the abdomen, especially the region between the right and left iliac regions.

2. the hair appearing on the lower part of the abdomen at puberty.

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pubes ² American  

[pyoo-beez] / ˈpyu biz /

noun

1. plural of pubis.

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pubes British  

/ ˈpjuːbiːz /

noun

1. the region above the external genital organs, covered with hair from the time of puberty

2. the pubic bones

3. the plural of pubis

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plural noun

1. informal pubic hair

Etymology

Origin of pubes

First recorded in 1560–70, pubes is from the Latin word pūbēs adulthood, pubic hair, groin

Example Sentences

Four long months of running up to strangers in the streets, grabbing them by the shoulders and screaming “Why? Why do all the cats look like they’ve been Brundleflied into little sacks of pubes?”

From The Guardian

Still no breasts, no pubes, only a summer tan, shorts, halter top.

From The Guardian

“We never thought about what our bodies were like, you might get a bit anxious if your pubes were slow growing but that was it. We weren’t instagramming our six packs.”

From The Guardian

“It’s frankly a little hard to take a lecture on good choices from a man who presumably entered a barbershop and said give me the wet poodle pubes,” Oliver said.

From The Guardian

“If the FDA announced that ‘we have not determined cotton candy not to be clown pubes’ you would never risk eating that sh-t again,” he said.

From Time