trunks

Synonyms:

short pants, shorts

Types:

Bermuda shorts, Jamaica shorts

short pants that end at the knee

hot pants

skin-tight very short pants worn by young women as an outer garment

lederhosen

leather shorts often worn with suspenders; worn especially by men and boys in Bavaria

Type of:

pant, trouser

(usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately