"hot pants" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-hot pants.wav
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: 63 35 1 Disambiguation of 'small shorts': 93 7
  2. (slang) A lustful attraction toward somebody. Tags: plural, plural-only, slang Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-hot_pants-en-noun-pGMnaWnC Disambiguation of People: 34 65 1

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-hot pants.wav 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 pluralia tantum, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Jamaican Creole translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 3 82 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 24 13 63 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 2 89 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 4 86 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 2 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 17 7 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 16 14 70 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 15 3 82 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 14 6 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Jamaican Creole translations: 12 9 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 11 3 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 19 16 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 19 8 73

Alternative forms

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