Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to pants
Participle: pantsed
Gerund: pantsing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | pants |
| you | pants |
| he;she;it | pantses |
| we | pants |
| you | pants |
| they | pants |
Perfect
| I | have pantsed |
| you | have pantsed |
| he;she;it | has pantsed |
| we | have pantsed |
| you | have pantsed |
| they | have pantsed |
Past
| I | pantsed |
| you | pantsed |
| he;she;it | pantsed |
| we | pantsed |
| you | pantsed |
| they | pantsed |
Pluperfect
| I | had pantsed |
| you | had pantsed |
| he;she;it | had pantsed |
| we | had pantsed |
| you | had pantsed |
| they | had pantsed |
Future
| I | will pants |
| you | will pants |
| he;she;it | will pants |
| we | will pants |
| you | will pants |
| they | will pants |
Future Perfect
| I | will have pantsed |
| you | will have pantsed |
| he;she;it | will have pantsed |
| we | will have pantsed |
| you | will have pantsed |
| they | will have pantsed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | pants |
| you | pants |
| he;she;it | pants |
| we | pants |
| you | pants |
| they | pants |
Perfect
| I | have pantsed |
| you | have pantsed |
| he;she;it | have pantsed |
| we | have pantsed |
| you | have pantsed |
| they | have pantsed |
Imperfect
| I | pantsed |
| you | pantsed |
| he;she;it | pantsed |
| we | pantsed |
| you | pantsed |
| they | pantsed |
Pluperfect
| I | had pantsed |
| you | had pantsed |
| he;she;it | had pantsed |
| we | had pantsed |
| you | had pantsed |
| they | had pantsed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would pants |
| you | would pants |
| he;she;it | would pants |
| we | would pants |
| you | would pants |
| they | would pants |
Perfect
| I | would have pantsed |
| you | would have pantsed |
| he;she;it | would have pantsed |
| we | would have pantsed |
| you | would have pantsed |
| they | would have pantsed |
Imperative
| you | pants |
| we | Let's pants |
| you | pants |
Verbs conjugated like 'pants'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'pants'
pant,
ant,
ante,
cant,
depants,
jant,
lant,
pact,
paint,
pan,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- pull someone’s pants down
- dack, keg
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-
3. Proto-Indo-European *-énts
4. Proto-Indo-European *ph₂énts?
5. Proto-Hellenic *pánts
6. Ancient Greek πᾶς (pâs)
7. Ancient Greek ἔλεος (éleos)
8. Proto-Indo-European *-eti
9. Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti
10. Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti
11. Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti
12. Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
13. Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti
14. Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
15. Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
16. Ancient Greek -έω (-éō)
17. Ancient Greek ἐλεέω (eleéō)
18. Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ
19. Ancient Greek -μων (-mōn)
20. Ancient Greek ἐλεήμων (eleḗmōn)
21. Ancient Greek Παντελεήμων (Panteleḗmōn)der.
22. Italian Pantalonebor.
23. French pantalonbor.
24. English pantaloon
25. English pantaloons
26. English pants
27. Shortened from pantaloons (“trousers”): borrowed from French pantalon, itself derived from Italian Pantalone, one of the principal characters found in commedia dell'arte, who wore tight trousers. Doublet of pantsu. The verb is from the noun.
Sample Sentences
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Keith Gerber has been pantsed twice already this summer by Lannie and Cling, and so his face is more resolved, the fear tempered by the fact that he understands these things to be inevitable. [1948, Carolina Quarterly, University of California, page 47:]
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[T]he other boys, Stretch Latham and Rod Becker mainly, pantsed him, got his jockey shorts away and threw them onto Hubcap Willie’s roof. [1980, William Hogan (author), The Quartzsite Trip, Atheneum, page 242:]
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Richard did not stand too close to him, because he was always trying to pants him, and he would have died of shame if he did it tonight, because he knew his BVDs were dirty at the trap door. [1993, Harold Augenbraum, Ilan Stavans, Growing Up Latino: Memoirs and Stories, page 174:]