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- [tahyts]
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- [tahyts]
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Definitions of tights word
- noun tights a skin-tight, one-piece garment for the lower part of the body and the legs, now often made of stretch fabric, originally worn by dancers, acrobats, gymnasts, etc., and later made for general wear for adults and children. 1
- noun tights a leotard with legs and, sometimes, feet. 1
- noun plural tights Tights are a piece of clothing, usually worn by women and girls. They are usually made of nylon and cover the hips, legs and feet. 0
- noun plural tights Tights are a piece of tight clothing, usually worn by dancers, acrobats, or people in exercise classes, and covering the hips and each leg. 0
- noun plural tights a one-piece clinging garment covering the body from the waist to the feet, worn by women in place of stockings 0
- noun plural tights a similar, tight-fitting garment worn instead of trousers by either sex 0
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Origin of tights
First appearance:
before 1825 One of the 37% newest English words
1825-35; noun use of tight; see -s3
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Parts of speech for Tights
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tights popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for tights
noun tights
- breeches — Breeches are trousers which reach as far as your knees.
- hose — a flexible tube for conveying a liquid, as water, to a desired point: a garden hose; a fire hose.
- hosiery — stockings or socks of any kind.
- nylons — any of a class of thermoplastic polyamides capable of extrusion when molten into fibers, sheets, etc., of extreme toughness, strength, and elasticity, synthesized by the interaction of a dicarboxylic acid with a diamine: used especially for yarn, fabrics, and bristles, as for brushes.
Top questions with tights
- what to wear with black tights?
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