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# trouser

«trouser» in Mova's school dictionary: **Having to do with trousers: «trouser leg», «trouser…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun used before another noun (trouser pocket, trouser leg); verb (trouser, trousers, trousered, trousering — informal, UK)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (used before a noun) Having to do with trousers: «trouser leg», «trouser pocket», «trouser press». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trouser/#m1)

2) (informal, UK) To take and keep money, often in a sly or unfair way: «he trousered the cash». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trouser/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

The word is usually seen as «trousers» (a piece of clothing covering each leg separately — in the US, «pants»). «Trouser» alone appears before other nouns. In British newspapers «to trouser» money means to pocket it, sometimes dishonestly. Phrases: «trouser leg», «trouser pocket», «trouser press», «trousered the money».

### examples

- I put the coins in my trouser pocket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trouser/#x1)
- His trouser leg got caught in the bike chain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trouser/#x2)
- Roll up your trouser legs before you paddle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trouser/#x3)
- Dad uses a trouser press to keep his work trousers smart. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trouser/#x4)
- (informal, UK) The salesman trousered a big bonus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trouser/#x5)
- (informal) He trousered the prize money and left. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trouser/#x6)

### note

As clothing the word is plural: «trousers», «a pair of trousers» (one piece of clothing). Say «my trousers are», not «my trouser is». Trap: in the UK «pants» means underwear, but in the US, Canada and often Australia «pants» means trousers.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «trouser» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trouser/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.