trouser

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English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹaʊzə/
• (US) enPR: trouʹzər, IPA^(key): /ˈtɹaʊzɚ/
• Rhymes: -aʊzə(ɹ)

Noun

A pair of trousers.

trouser (plural trousers)

1. (used attributively as a modifier) Of or relating to trousers.

   trouser leg

2. (in clothing retail and fashion) A pair of trousers.

   And this is our linen trouser, sir.

Usage notes

• Outside the clothing retail and fashion industries, the use of the noun trouser to refer to a pair of trousers is rare, and often considered pretentious.

Derived terms

• in the trouser department
• trouser pocket
• trouser snake

Translations

of or relating to trousers

• Finnish: housu- (fi)

pair of trousers — see trousers

Verb

trouser (third-person singular simple present trousers, present participle trousering, simple past and past participle trousered)

1. (transitive, Britain, Ireland, informal) To put money into one's trouser pocket; to pocket.
2. (transitive, Britain, Ireland, informal) To legally remove funds from an organization for personal use.
3. (transitive, Britain, Ireland, informal) To secretively steal an item or money for personal use.
   • 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XIX, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, OCLC 1227855:

     Your aunt told him to pack Upjohn's bags, and the first thing he saw when he smacked into it was the speech. He trousered it and brought it along to me.

Translations

to pocket — see pocket

to legally remove

• Finnish: pistää taskuihinsa

to secretively steal

• Finnish: pistää liiveihinsä

Anagrams

• retours, rouster, routers, tourers