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Definition of panties - 5 dictionary results

pant⋅ies

[pan-teez]
–noun (used with a plural verb)
underpants or undershorts for women and children.
Also, pantie, panty.


Origin:
1835–45, Americanism; pl. of panty

pant⋅ie

[pan-tee]
–noun
panties.

Origin:
var. of panty

pant⋅y

[pan-tee]
–noun, plural pant⋅ies.
panties.

Origin:
pant(s) + -y 2
pant·ie or pant·y   (pān'tē)   
n.   pl. pant·ies
Short underpants for women or children. Often used in the plural.

[Diminutive of pant2.]

panties 
1845, "drawers for men" (derogatory), dim. of pants; meaning "underpants for women or children" first recorded 1908. Pantyhose first recorded 1963. Pantywaist "weak or effeminate male" is 1936, from a type of child's garment with short pants that buttoned to the waist of a shirt. Panty raid first attested 1952.
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