"hot pants" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: From the 1970s. Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} hot pants pl (plural only)
  1. Very brief, tight shorts mainly worn by women and girls. Tags: plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Clothing Synonyms: booty shorts Translations (small shorts): 熱褲 (Chinese Cantonese), 热裤 (jit⁶ fu³) (Chinese Cantonese), 熱褲 (Chinese Mandarin), 热裤 (rèkù) (Chinese Mandarin), mikrosortsit (Finnish), mikroshortsit (Finnish), mini-short m micro-short [masculine] (French), Hotpants [plural] (German), heiße Höschen [neuter, plural] (German), batty rider (Jamaican Creole), ホットパンツ (hotto pantsu) (Japanese), 핫팬츠 (hatpaencheu) (Korean)
    Sense id: en-hot_pants-en-noun-Lnx~bra4 Disambiguation of Clothing: 53 46 2 Categories (other): English pluralia tantum Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 50 19 32 Disambiguation of 'small shorts': 89 11
  2. (slang) A lustful attraction toward somebody. Tags: plural, plural-only, slang Categories (topical): Clothing, People
    Sense id: en-hot_pants-en-noun-pGMnaWnC Disambiguation of Clothing: 53 46 2 Disambiguation of People: 25 74 1

Noun [English]

Forms: hot pants [plural]
Etymology: From the 1970s. Head templates: {{en-noun|hot pants}} hot pants (plural hot pants)
  1. (now rare) Someone (especially a woman) with a high sexual appetite. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-hot_pants-en-noun-2UK4PoIG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 22 49 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 33 11 56 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 32 19 49

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