[ant], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a small insect typically having a sting and living in a complex social colony with one or more breeding queens. It is wingless except for fertile adults, which form large mating swarms, and is proverbial for its industriousness


Phrases:
- have ants in one's pants
- the ant's pants

Origin:
Old English ǣmete, of West Germanic origin; related to German Ameise. Compare with emmet