tights

From tight.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /taɪts/
• Rhymes: -aɪts

• Audio (UK):

  (file)

tights pl (plural only)

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.

   Synonym: (US) pantyhose

2. (dance) A similar, non-sheer garment worn by dancers of either sex, especially by ballet dancers.
3. (wrestling) A garment, similar to briefs, worn chiefly by professional wrestlers.
4. (mining) In blasting rock, a piece of unbroken rock within the pay limit of a blast.

Sheer tights are often referred to as pantyhose in North American English, and as stockings in Philippine English, Australian English and New Zealand English.

• → Japanese: タイツ (taitsu)

• stight

From English tights.

• IPA^(key): /tɑɪts/

tights m (definite singular tightsen, indefinite plural tights or tightsar, definite plural tightsane)

1. tights

• strømpebukse

• “tights” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.