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tights.

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.

6 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/taɪts/General-American, Received-Pronunciation/tɑjts/British, Southern, Standard/tɑets/Australia, New-Zealand/tʌɪts/Scotland
  1. 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.

    plural · plural-only
  2. A similar, non-sheer garment worn by dancers of either sex, especially by ballet dancers.

    plural · plural-only
  3. A garment, similar to briefs, worn chiefly by professional wrestlers.

    plural · plural-only
  4. In blasting rock, a piece of unbroken rock within the pay limit of a blast.

    plural · plural-only
Where this word comes from

From tight + -s.

verb/taɪts/General-American, Received-Pronunciation/tɑjts/British, Southern, Standard/tɑets/Australia, New-Zealand/tʌɪts/Scotland
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tight

    form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person
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