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legging

  • /ˈlɛɡ.ɪŋ/

Rhymes with -ɛɡɪŋ

Where it comes from

From leg + -ing.

noun leggings · leggin

  1. A covering, usually of leather, worn from knee to ankle.
  2. Stretchy tight-fitting pants often worn by women or for exercise.
  3. One of the legs of a pair of trousers. Take the legging and turn up the cuff.
  4. The process of putting a series of three or more options strikes into the stock market. As a practical matter, you cannot put on these positions simultaneously at reasonable prices. In order to achieve these positions at a reasonable risk/reward profile, you must put the positions in a series of separate trades. This process is called legging.

verb leggin

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of leg

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noun tight-fitting stretch pants

Españollegging (leguin), leggings, piernera
한국어레깅스 regingseu
日本語レギンス reginsu
中文緊身褲 /紧身裤 jǐnshēnkù
Portuguêslegging
Françaislegging
DeutschLeggings, Leggins
Italianoleggings
Русскийлоси́ны losíny

noun leg covering

Españolpiernera
中文綁腿 /绑腿 bǎngtuǐ, 打底褲 /打底裤 dǎdǐkù
Portuguêslegging
Françaismolletière
DeutschÜberhose
Русскийге́тра gétra, лоси́ны losíny, ле́ггинсы légginsy, ле́гинсы léginsy

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@misc{legging_2026,
  title = {legging},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/legging},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}