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# trouser

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

«trouser» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (used before a noun) Having to do with trousers: «trouser leg», «trouser pocket», «trouser press». [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trouser/#m2)

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «trouser» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trouser/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«trouser» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/trouser.html) on Mova free.