panty
/pˈænti/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.97 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An article of clothing worn as underpants by women.
Example Sentences
- "1952 October 13, Advertisement, Life, page 13, For, unlike old-fashioned diapers, PLAYTEX Dryper confines all wetness to the panty area; brings your baby a whole new world of comfort plus cleaner, finer protection."
- "2003, Glamour, Volume 101, Issues 4-6, page number unknown, “One time I was going to run and change before a concert because I realized I had panty lines showing,” says Britta Phillips, […] ."
- "That puts their panty well over 1000% higher priced than the Hanes panty and roughly 300% higher priced than the Victoria′s Secret panty. All three are cotton bikini panties. Not much difference in the actual panty but a huge discrepancy in prices."
- "There is a special play called “Passing the Star” that allows the jammer to remove her helmet panty and hand it over to the pivot."
- "We′re practicing this strategy right now. Francesca is the Jammer, and she′s supposed to pass me the helmet panty. Bruisey-Q is assisting her, helping her get through the pack by knocking the formidable ass of ThunderSmack out of the way."
- ""If you get jammed in, hand me the panty. You can't throw it at me.""
Etymology
Recorded since 1845 in the plural, meaning “drawers for men”, a derogatory diminutive of pants (the shortening of pantaloons); meaning “underpants for women or children” first recorded 1908.