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tights

[ tahyts ]

noun

, (used with a plural verb)
  1. 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.
  2. a leotard with legs and, sometimes, feet.


tights

/ taɪts /

plural noun

    1. Also called (US, Canadian, Austral, and NZ)pantyhose a one-piece clinging garment covering the body from the waist to the feet, worn by women in place of stockings
    2. Also calledleotards a similar, tight-fitting garment worn instead of trousers by either sex
  1. a similar garment formerly worn by men, as in the 16th century with a doublet
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of tights1

1825–35; noun use of tight; -s 3
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Example Sentences

Good options for that first layer of leggings include Under Armour’s Empowered Tights or the Fly Fast Printed Tights—both will keep you toasty without weighing you down.

Action Comics No.1 is the book that ushered in the golden age of superheroes in tights.

And I was living in New York, like '91 and '92, and I was wearing Doc Martens, black tights, and big baby doll dresses.

She was not cold, in her thin tights, from the breeze from the sea.

When Smallville premiered in October 2001, its creators had one rule: “no flights, no tights.”

The spread even goes as far to credit the brand of tights that its fictitious Sanmoa uses to hang herself with.

She had been properly dressed for the occasion in black tulle and black silk tights.

The worthy fellow evidently imagined that I was going to appear in tights before the lairds of Aberdeen.

The Nubian wore black tights and shirt, black slippers and a white skull cap and breech-clout.

On the benches six girls were lolling about, dressed in gaudy tights, and with them were three or four men.

In the middle of the street a strong man in pink tights was doing stunts with dumb-bells and the members of his family.

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