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to poop in one's pants

to poop in one's pants

1 9.9
To accidentally pass solid waste into your underwear because of fear or sickness
  • idiom
  • NSFW
translation icon : hacerse caca en los pantalones
  • After eating too many sweets, the nervous child pooped in his pants during the school play.

Examples

  • Did she poop in her pants?

    Margot at the Wedding (2007)

  • I thought I'd pooped in my pants.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • You know, it was just, when you poop in your pants people say, "Did you "poop in your pants today," I'd go, "No."

    Crash My Funeral (1999)

  • You know, it was just, when you poop in your pants people say, "Did you "poop in your pants today," I'd go, "No."

    Crash My Funeral (1999)

  • This fellow Sean's call to nature was thwarted by his warm clothing and climbing gear, and so, despite his best efforts, he pooped in his pants while climbing Mt. Hood.

    Blog text (24)

  • During the thunderstorm, the little boy got so scared that he pooped in his pants.

  • At the amusement park, she was so surprised by the sudden drop that she accidentally pooped in her pants.

Synonyms

to shit my pants
vsto poop in one's pants
  • Offensive
19 9.9

To be very scared or surprised in a rude, informal way

refers to literal accidental defecation often caused by fear or surprise
to shit oneself
vsto poop in one's pants
  • Offensive
7 9.9

To feel very frightened or surprised and often accidentally poop yourself

is focused on the bodily accident rather than the emotional reaction
to shart
vsto poop in one's pants
  • Offensive
2 9.9

To accidentally pass a little poo while trying to fart

refers to full accidental defecation rather than only a small leakage
to crap one's pants
vsto poop in one's pants
  • Offensive
1 9.9

To feel very scared and almost lose control of your body

describes the actual accidental defecation rather than just fear
to poop oneself
vsto poop in one's pants
  • NSFW
9.7

To accidentally dirty your clothes with waste from your body because of fear, shock, or strong excitement

is the informal version that names undergarments specifically
to shat one's pants
vsto poop in one's pants
  • Offensive
9.9

Poop in your clothes by accident because you are very scared or shocked

is the everyday wording that highlights accidental loss of control
to soil oneself
vsto poop in one's pants
  • NSFW
9.9

To accidentally pee or poo in your clothes because you are very scared

is limited to accidental defecation in underwear rather than also urination

Surface Forms

poop in one's pants infinitive
pooped in one's pants past
pooped in one's pants past participle
pooping in one's pants present participle
poops in one's pants third person singular

Morphology

poop + in + one + pant

The meaning is directly built from the constituents: 'poop' (feces / to defecate) + 'in' + 'one's pants' (inside one's trousers), so a learner who knows each word can infer the literal act of defecating in one’s underwear. It is informal/colloquial but compositionally transparent and similar literal constructions exist in many languages, so it should be understandable to a B1 learner.

Etymology

Poop in one's pants is very literal: it paints the image of someone accidentally leaving poop in their pants when they are so scared or shocked that they 'lose control'. That's why the phrase means 'to soil yourself' or to be so frightened you can't control your body.