tights
English
Etymology
From tight.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -aɪts
Audio (UK): (file)
Noun
- A close-fitting, sheer or non-sheer skin-tight garment worn principally by women and girls that covers the body completely from the waist down, usually including the feet.
- Synonym: (US) pantyhose
- (dance) A similar, non-sheer garment worn by dancers of either sex, especially by ballet dancers.
- (wrestling) A garment, similar to briefs, worn chiefly by professional wrestlers.
- (mining) In blasting rock, a piece of unbroken rock within the pay limit of a blast.
Usage notes
US English uses the term pantyhose to refer to sheer tights.
Descendants
- → Japanese: タイツ (taitsu)
Translations
women's garment
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dancer's garment
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Anagrams
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
tights m (definite singular tightsen, indefinite plural tights or tightsar, definite plural tightsane)
Synonyms
References
- “tights” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Categories:
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/aɪts
- Rhymes:English/aɪts/1 syllable
- English terms with audio links
- en:Dance
- en:Wrestling
- en:Mining
- en:Clothing
- en:Underwear
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms borrowed from English
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from English
- Norwegian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns