See depants on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": ":af",
"3": "de-",
"4": "pants",
"text": "+",
"tree": "1"
},
"expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *de\nProto-Indo-European *-h₁\nProto-Indo-European *déh₁\nProto-Italic *dē\nLatin dē\nLatin dē-der.\nEnglish de-\nProto-Indo-European *peh₂-\nProto-Indo-European *-énts\nProto-Indo-European *ph₂énts?\nProto-Hellenic *pánts\nAncient Greek πᾶς (pâs)\nAncient Greek ἐλεήμων (eleḗmōn)\nAncient Greek Παντελεήμων (Panteleḗmōn)der.\nItalian Pantalonebor.\nFrench pantalonbor.\nEnglish pantaloon\nEnglish pantaloons\nEnglish pants\nEnglish depants\n[Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"of\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*de\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" }, { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-h₁\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*déh₁\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Italic\", \"term\" : \"*dē\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"lang\" : \"itc-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"dē\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"dē-\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"derived\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"de-\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }, { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"garment\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"pants\", \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"bor.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"Borrowed from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"pants\", \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"bor.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"Borrowed from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"character\", \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"der.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"Derived from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"name\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"all\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"alt\" : \"*ph₂énts\", \"is_uncertain\" : true, \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"alt\" : \"*peh₂-\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"children\" : [ ], \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" }, { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-énts\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Hellenic\", \"term\" : \"*pánts\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"lang\" : \"grk-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Ancient Greek\", \"term\" : \"πᾶς\", \"lang\" : \"grc\" }, { \"id\" : \"merciful\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang_name\" : \"Ancient Greek\", \"term\" : \"ἐλεήμων\", \"lang\" : \"grc\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Ancient Greek\", \"term\" : \"Παντελεήμων\", \"lang\" : \"grc\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"derived\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Italian\", \"term\" : \"Pantalone\", \"lang\" : \"it\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"French\", \"term\" : \"pantalon\", \"lang\" : \"fr\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"pantaloon\", \"lang\" : \"en\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"pantaloons\", \"lang\" : \"en\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"pants\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"depants\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"depants\">\nFrom de- + pants.",
"name": "ety"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *de\nProto-Indo-European *-h₁\nProto-Indo-European *déh₁\nProto-Italic *dē\nLatin dē\nLatin dē-der.\nEnglish de-\nProto-Indo-European *peh₂-\nProto-Indo-European *-énts\nProto-Indo-European *ph₂énts?\nProto-Hellenic *pánts\nAncient Greek πᾶς (pâs)\nAncient Greek ἐλεήμων (eleḗmōn)\nAncient Greek Παντελεήμων (Panteleḗmōn)der.\nItalian Pantalonebor.\nFrench pantalonbor.\nEnglish pantaloon\nEnglish pantaloons\nEnglish pants\nEnglish depants\nFrom de- + pants.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "depantses",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "depantsing",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "depantsed",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "depantsed",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "depants (third-person singular simple present depantses, present participle depantsing, simple past and past participle depantsed)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with etymology texts",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with etymology trees",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with etymon",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms prefixed with de-",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages using etymon with no ID",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with etymology trees",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with etymon",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Clothing",
"orig": "en:Clothing",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "depantsing"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
15,
22
]
],
"ref": "1954, Edith Pope, River in the Wind, Scribner, page 100:",
"text": "\"'First off we depants's you. Then we take and bounce you. You'll be pulling oyster shells out of your backside—",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
57,
64
]
],
"ref": "1998, Bruce Clayton, Praying for Base Hits: An American Boyhood, University of Missouri Press,, →ISBN, page 195:",
"text": "\"For moronic fun we liked to sneak up behind a buddy and depants him, particularly if he was trying to sweet-talk a young college-bound girl.\"",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
100,
108
]
],
"ref": "2004, Vicki Lewis Thompson, The Nerd Who Loved Me, St. Martin's Press,, →ISBN, page 72:",
"text": "\"Harry had been about eight when three burly high school kids had followed him home, threatening to 'depants that little nerd.'\"",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To remove the trousers from (someone), often by force or surprise as a prank."
],
"id": "en-depants-en-verb-3-ppCsGa",
"links": [
[
"trousers",
"trousers"
],
[
"prank",
"prank"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(slang, transitive) To remove the trousers from (someone), often by force or surprise as a prank."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "unpants"
}
],
"tags": [
"slang",
"transitive"
]
}
],
"word": "depants"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"word": "depantsing"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": ":af",
"3": "de-",
"4": "pants",
"text": "+",
"tree": "1"
},
"expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *de\nProto-Indo-European *-h₁\nProto-Indo-European *déh₁\nProto-Italic *dē\nLatin dē\nLatin dē-der.\nEnglish de-\nProto-Indo-European *peh₂-\nProto-Indo-European *-énts\nProto-Indo-European *ph₂énts?\nProto-Hellenic *pánts\nAncient Greek πᾶς (pâs)\nAncient Greek ἐλεήμων (eleḗmōn)\nAncient Greek Παντελεήμων (Panteleḗmōn)der.\nItalian Pantalonebor.\nFrench pantalonbor.\nEnglish pantaloon\nEnglish pantaloons\nEnglish pants\nEnglish depants\n[Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"of\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*de\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" }, { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-h₁\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*déh₁\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Italic\", \"term\" : \"*dē\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"lang\" : \"itc-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"dē\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"dē-\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"derived\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"de-\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }, { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"garment\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"pants\", \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"bor.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"Borrowed from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"pants\", \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"bor.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"Borrowed from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"character\", \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"der.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"Derived from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"name\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"all\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"alt\" : \"*ph₂énts\", \"is_uncertain\" : true, \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"alt\" : \"*peh₂-\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"children\" : [ ], \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" }, { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-énts\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Hellenic\", \"term\" : \"*pánts\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"lang\" : \"grk-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Ancient Greek\", \"term\" : \"πᾶς\", \"lang\" : \"grc\" }, { \"id\" : \"merciful\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang_name\" : \"Ancient Greek\", \"term\" : \"ἐλεήμων\", \"lang\" : \"grc\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Ancient Greek\", \"term\" : \"Παντελεήμων\", \"lang\" : \"grc\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"derived\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Italian\", \"term\" : \"Pantalone\", \"lang\" : \"it\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"French\", \"term\" : \"pantalon\", \"lang\" : \"fr\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"pantaloon\", \"lang\" : \"en\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"pantaloons\", \"lang\" : \"en\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"pants\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"depants\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"depants\">\nFrom de- + pants.",
"name": "ety"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *de\nProto-Indo-European *-h₁\nProto-Indo-European *déh₁\nProto-Italic *dē\nLatin dē\nLatin dē-der.\nEnglish de-\nProto-Indo-European *peh₂-\nProto-Indo-European *-énts\nProto-Indo-European *ph₂énts?\nProto-Hellenic *pánts\nAncient Greek πᾶς (pâs)\nAncient Greek ἐλεήμων (eleḗmōn)\nAncient Greek Παντελεήμων (Panteleḗmōn)der.\nItalian Pantalonebor.\nFrench pantalonbor.\nEnglish pantaloon\nEnglish pantaloons\nEnglish pants\nEnglish depants\nFrom de- + pants.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "depantses",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "depantsing",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "depantsed",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "depantsed",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "depants (third-person singular simple present depantses, present participle depantsing, simple past and past participle depantsed)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons",
"English entries with etymology texts",
"English entries with etymology trees",
"English entries with etymon",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English slang",
"English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *de",
"English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *déh₁",
"English terms prefixed with de-",
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs",
"English verbs",
"Pages using etymon with no ID",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Pages with etymology trees",
"Pages with etymon",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned",
"en:Clothing"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
15,
22
]
],
"ref": "1954, Edith Pope, River in the Wind, Scribner, page 100:",
"text": "\"'First off we depants's you. Then we take and bounce you. You'll be pulling oyster shells out of your backside—",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
57,
64
]
],
"ref": "1998, Bruce Clayton, Praying for Base Hits: An American Boyhood, University of Missouri Press,, →ISBN, page 195:",
"text": "\"For moronic fun we liked to sneak up behind a buddy and depants him, particularly if he was trying to sweet-talk a young college-bound girl.\"",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
100,
108
]
],
"ref": "2004, Vicki Lewis Thompson, The Nerd Who Loved Me, St. Martin's Press,, →ISBN, page 72:",
"text": "\"Harry had been about eight when three burly high school kids had followed him home, threatening to 'depants that little nerd.'\"",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To remove the trousers from (someone), often by force or surprise as a prank."
],
"links": [
[
"trousers",
"trousers"
],
[
"prank",
"prank"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(slang, transitive) To remove the trousers from (someone), often by force or surprise as a prank."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "unpants"
}
],
"tags": [
"slang",
"transitive"
]
}
],
"word": "depants"
}
Download raw JSONL data for depants meaning in All languages combined (7.7kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-16 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (d6fca27 and 65e1673). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.