English

Verb

depants

1. (scanning error) Misspelling of departs.

Etymology 2

de- + pants (from pantaloons)

Verb

depants ‎(third-person singular simple present depantses, present participle depantsing, simple past and past participle depantsed)

1. (slang) to remove the trousers from someone, often by force or surprise.
   • 1954, Edith Pope, River in the Wind, Scribner, page 100:

     "'First off we depants's you. Then we take and bounce you. You'll be pulling oyster shells out of your backside—'

   • 1998, Bruce Clayton, Praying for Base Hits: An American Boyhood, University of Missouri Press, ISBN 0826211895, page 195:

     "For moronic fun we liked to sneak up behind a buddy and depants him, particularly if he was trying to sweet-talk a young college-bound girl."

   • 2004, Vicki Lewis Thompson, The Nerd Who Loved Me, St. Martin's Press, ISBN 0312998562, page 72:

     "Harry had been about eight when three burly high school kids had followed him home, threatening to 'depants that little nerd.'"

Derived terms

• depantsing

References

• Dictionary.com entry

Anagrams

• pantsed
• pedants
• pentads