tights

[ tahyts ]

/ taɪts /

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noun (used with a plural verb)

a skin-tight, one-piece garment for the lower part of the body and the legs, now often made of stretch fabric, originally worn by dancers, acrobats, gymnasts, etc., and later made for general wear for adults and children.

a leotard with legs and, sometimes, feet.

Nearby words

tightfisted, tightfitting, tightknit, tightrope, tightrope walker, tights, tightwad, tightwire, tighty-whities, tiglath-pileser i, tiglath-pileser iii

Origin of tights

1825–35; noun use of tight; see -s³

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Examples from the Web for tights

Action Comics No.1 is the book that ushered in the golden age of superheroes in tights.
The Holy Grail of Comic Books Hid in Plain Site at New York Comic Con|Sujay Kumar|October 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When Smallville premiered in October 2001, its creators had one rule: “no flights, no tights.”
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The spread even goes as far to credit the brand of tights that its fictitious Sanmoa uses to hang herself with.
Eva Chen Named Editor of Lucky Magazine; Vice Fashion Spread Features Literary Suicides|The Fashion Beast Team|June 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST
You look down and see you're only wearing tights, tights that have severe rips and runs up and down the leg.
Amanda Bynes’s Topless Bathroom Photo Shoot: A Dramatization|Kevin Fallon|May 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST

They may be allowed to keep sweaters or tights, but only in dark colors.
Inside the Pussy Rioters’ Russian Prisons|Anna Nemtsova|October 24, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Many acrobats wear this truss under their tights when performing, yet no one can see any sign of it.
Cluthe's Advice to the Ruptured|Chas. Cluthe & Sons
I heard her once termed the most modest woman in tights on the stage.
Famous Prima Donnas|Lewis Clinton Strang
And when I went out, there was a big picture of a woman in tights, and the word 'Amazons' overhead—and then I remembered you.
The Damnation of Theron Ware|Harold Frederic
The tamer in his tights and tinsel has grown used to his tiger, to his emotions, to his hourly danger.
The Witch of Prague|F. Marion Crawford
He had taken "French leave" of the manager, and had cheated him out of the tights which enveloped his body from neck to heels.
Work and Win|Oliver Optic

British Dictionary definitions for tights

tights

/ (taɪts) /

pl n

Also called (US, Canadian, Austral, and NZ): pantyhose a one-piece clinging garment covering the body from the waist to the feet, worn by women in place of stockings
Also called: leotards US and Canadian a similar, tight-fitting garment worn instead of trousers by either sex

a similar garment formerly worn by men, as in the 16th century with a doublet

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