tights

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /taɪts/ (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /tɑjts/ (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /tɑets/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /tʌɪts/ Rhymes: -aɪts === Etymology 1 === From tight + -s. ==== Noun ==== tights pl (plural only) 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. Synonym: (US) pantyhose (dance) A similar, non-sheer garment worn by dancers of either sex, especially by ballet dancers. (wrestling) A garment, similar to briefs, worn chiefly by professional wrestlers. (mining) In blasting rock, a piece of unbroken rock within the pay limit of a blast. ===== Usage notes ===== Sheer tights are often referred to as pantyhose in North American English, and as stockings in Philippine English, Australian English and New Zealand English. ===== Descendants ===== → Danish: tights → German: Tights → Hebrew: טייץ (tayts) → Japanese: タイツ (taitsu) → Norwegian Bokmål: tights → Norwegian Nynorsk: tights → Swedish: tajts, tights → Welsh: teits ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== tights third-person singular simple present indicative of tight === Anagrams === stight == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From English tights. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɑɪts/ === Noun === tights m (definite singular tightsen, indefinite plural tights or tightsar, definite plural tightsane) tights ==== Synonyms ==== strømpebukse === References === “tights” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.