"undies" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-undies.wav
Etymology: und(erwear) + -ies. Etymology templates: {{abbrev|en|underwear|alt=und(erwear)|notext=1}} und(erwear), {{suf|en||ies}} + -ies Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} undies pl (plural only)
  1. (informal) underwear, underpants Tags: informal, plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Clothing, Underwear Synonyms: BVDs, drawers, gotchies [Canada], gruds [New-Zealand], knickers [UK], pants [UK], panties, Reg Grundys [Australia], skivvies, Y-fronts [UK] Derived forms: get one's undies in a bundle
    Sense id: en-undies-en-noun-N~w4lVwM Disambiguation of Clothing: 72 28 Disambiguation of Underwear: 94 6 Categories (other): English pluralia tantum, English terms suffixed with -ies
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} undies
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of undie Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: undie
    Sense id: en-undies-en-verb-en:back_to_life Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English heteronyms, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 36 64 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 62
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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