depants

depants

English

Etymology

de- +‎ pants

Verb

depants (third-person singular simple present depantses, present participle depantsing, simple past and past participle depantsed)

1. (slang, transitive) To remove the trousers from (someone), often by force or surprise as a prank.
   • 1954, Edith Pope, River in the Wind, Scribner, page 100:

     "'First off we depants's you. Then we take and bounce you. You'll be pulling oyster shells out of your backside—

   • 1998, Bruce Clayton, Praying for Base Hits: An American Boyhood, University of Missouri Press, →ISBN, page 195:

     "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."

   • 2004, Vicki Lewis Thompson, The Nerd Who Loved Me, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 72:

     "Harry had been about eight when three burly high school kids had followed him home, threatening to 'depants that little nerd.'"

Derived terms

• depantsing

References

• Dictionary.com entry

Anagrams

• pantsed, pedants, pentads