tights

Meaning

1. A close-fitting, sheer or non-sheer skin-tight garment worn principally by women and girls that covers the body completely from the waist down, usually including the feet.
2. A similar, non-sheer garment worn by dancers of either sex, especially by ballet dancers.
3. A garment, similar to briefs, worn chiefly by professional wrestlers.
4. In blasting rock, a piece of unbroken rock within the pay limit of a blast.

Synonyms

pantyhose

stockings

leotards

panty-hose

nylons

leggings

panty hose

seat

💺

spats

flesh-tights

track pants

fleshings

fine-mesh tights

gaiters

hose

knees

lap

maillot

Pronounced as (IPA)

/taɪts/

Etymology

From tight.