hot pants

plural noun

: very short shorts

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With her outfit switched up to a leather bustier and hot pants combo, Lizzo enjoys being the center off attention until her high starts to turn and the once-friendly dancers get aggressive, things get a bit blurry and the faces around her get zombie-fied. Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 28 Feb. 2025 The collection has all the cowgirl-isms now synonymous with the 28-year-old It-girl—gingham print, studded suede, cottage-core silhouettes, and denim hot pants, to name a few. Jamila Stewart, Vogue, 21 Feb. 2025 And what were girls going to wear with their satin hot pants? Kin Woo, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025 Kourtney wore an all-black look for the intimate gathering, rocking a plunging sheer black floor-length dress over a black bra and hot pants. Michelle Lee, People.com, 31 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for hot pants

Word History

First Known Use

1970, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of hot pants was in 1970

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“Hot pants.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hot%20pants. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.

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