sweat·pants

[swet-pants]
noun ( used with a plural verb )
loose-fitting pants of soft, absorbent fabric, as cotton jersey, usually with a drawstring at the waist and close-fitting or elastic cuffs at the ankles, commonly worn during athletic activity for warmth or to induce sweating.
Also, sweat pants.


Origin:
1920–25; sweat + pants

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sweatpants

noun
loose-fitting trousers with elastic cuffs; worn by athletes [syn: sweat pants
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Sweatpants is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
Example sentences
Tennis shoes, boots and sweatpants are not allowed for exchange purposes.
Suspect was wearing gray sweatpants, a gray hoodie, and a camouflage jacket.
They fail to brush their teeth, or start wearing sweatpants instead of fitted
  clothes.
He had mud all over his sweatpants and red stains on his thermal boxer shorts.
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