hot pants

[ hot pants hot pants ]

noun

1. (used with a plural verb) very brief and usually tight-fitting shorts for women and girls, first popularized in the early 1970s.
2. (used with a singular verb) Slang.
   1. strong sexual desire:

      He has hot pants for her.

   2. a person, especially a woman, with strong sexual desire.

hot pants

plural noun

1. very brief skin-tight shorts, worn by young women
2. slang.
   a feeling of sexual arousal

   he has hot pants for her

Word History and Origins

Origin of hot pants¹

First recorded in 1925–30 hot pants fordef 2; and in 1965–70 hot pants fordef 1

Example Sentences

Models purposefully walked down the runway in flowing suits of crushed velvet and satin, matching leather mini-shorts and jackets, sequined hot pants and tank top sets in yellow smiley graphics and graffiti print.

From Los Angeles Times

It was just extra in all the best ways: leather studded hot pants, more insanely capacious bags, floor-length leopard gowns, wispy feathers and sequins styled with knee-high boots.

From Los Angeles Times

The costume she had slipped into — a green corset with poofy pink sleeves, green hot pants, tights covered in vines and knee-high boots — landed somewhere between Robin Hood and Sailor Moon.

From Los Angeles Times

A 9-year-old girl wearing makeup, jewelry and an orange bikini top and hot pants does a back-bend split outside a garage.

From New York Times

Daisy Edgar-Jones - who shot to fame alongside Mescal in TV show Normal People - sported a plunging burgundy gown with matching hot pants.

From BBC