(adj) (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant; -Laurent Le Sage, Syn. persnickety, too big for one's breeches, snooty, stuck-up, uppish, snot-nosed, snotty, Example:a snotty little scion of a degenerate family; they're snobs--stuck-up and uppity and persnickety

jodhpurs

(n) flared trousers ending at the calves; worn with riding boots, Syn. riding breeches, jodhpur breeches

roarer

(n) someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice, Syn. screecher, screamer, bellower, bawler, shouter, yeller

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

bear's-breeches

n. 1. (Bot.) The English cow parsnip (Heracleum sphondylium) Dr. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. a widely cultivated southern European acanthus (Acanthus mollis) with whitish purple-veined flowers. See Acanthus, n., 1.
Syn. -- bear's breech, bear's-breech, bear's breeches, sea holly. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

breeched

adj. dressed in trousers.
Syn. -- pantalooned, trousered. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Breeches

n. pl. [ OE. brech, brek, AS. brēk, pl. of brōc breech, breeches; akin to Icel. brōk breeches, ODan. brog, D. broek, G. bruch; cf. L. bracae, braccae, which is of Celtic origin. Cf. Brail. ] 1. A garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs; smallclothes. [ 1913 Webster ]

His jacket was red, and his breeches were blue. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Trousers; pantaloons. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Breeches buoy, in the life-saving service, a pair of canvas breeches depending from an annular or beltlike life buoy which is usually of cork. This contrivance, inclosing the person to be rescued, is hung by short ropes from a block which runs upon the hawser stretched from the ship to the shore, and is drawn to land by hauling lines. --
Breeches pipe, a forked pipe forming two branches united at one end. --
Knee breeches, breeches coming to the knee, and buckled or fastened there; smallclothes. --
To wear the breeches, to usurp the authority of the husband; -- said of a wife. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Dutchman's-breeches

n. (Bot.), a delicate perennial spring-flowering herb (Dicentra cucullaria) of eastern U.S., having peculiar double-spurred white flowers. See Illust. of Dicentra
Syn. -- Dicentra cucullaria. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

Screechers

n. pl. (Zool.) The picarian birds, as distinguished from the singing birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chinese-English: CC-CEDICT Dictionary CC-CEDICT CN-EN Dictionary

短裤

[短裤 / 短褲, duǎn kù] shorts; breechcloth; knee breeches #13441

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary EDICT JP-EN Dictionary

パンツ

[pantsu] (n) (1) underpants; pants; briefs; panties; shorts; knickers; (2) trousers (esp. women's); jodhpurs; breeches; pants; trunks (e.g. swimming); (P) #10121

ジョッパーズ

[joppa-zu] (n) jodhpurs; riding breeches

ライディングブリーチズ

[raideinguburi-chizu] (n) riding breeches

半ズボン

[はんズボン, han zubon] (n) short pants; shorts; breeches; knickerbockers

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary DING DE-EN Dictionary

die Hosen anhaben

to wear the breeches; to have the pants on

Hosenboje { f }

breeches buoy

Kniehosen { pl }