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Depants vs Decants - What's the difference?

depants | decants |

As verbs the difference between depants and decants

is that depants is (scanning error) or depants can be (slang) to remove the trousers from someone, often by force or surprise while decants is (decant).

depants

English

Etymology 1

Verb

(head)
  • (scanning error)

    • Etymology 2

    de- + pants (from pantaloons)

    Verb

    (es)
  • (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

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    decants

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (decant)

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    decant

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To pour off gently, as liquor, so as not to disturb the sediment; or to pour from one vessel into another; as, to decant wine.
  • (science fiction) To remove a clone from its chamber, vat, or artificial womb.
  • To rehouse people while their buildings are being refurbished or rebuilt

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