parachute pants

plural noun

: baggy casual pants of lightweight fabric often with an elastic or drawstring at the waist and the cuffs

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These trendy, low-profile Onitsuka Tiger tennis shoes look casual, yet totally intentional, when paired with these three-stripe Adidas parachute pants. Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 29 Sep. 2025 Discipbush Baggy Parachute Pants with Pockets Consider this our official petition to bring back parachute pants. Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2025 Tory Burch Emhoff wore a taupe snap button leather jacket over a striped blouse, adding on gray parachute pants and tan pumps. Hannah Malach, WWD, 11 Feb. 2025 Sporting a grimy, high-end brown sweater, nylon parachute pants and a large bandage over his right hand, the towering Saxon said nothing and appeared subdued as a judge ordered him held without bail. Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 16 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for parachute pants

Word History

First Known Use

1977, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of parachute pants was in 1977

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“Parachute pants.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parachute%20pants. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.

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