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shirt
[ shurt ]
noun
- a long- or short-sleeved garment for the upper part of the body, usually lightweight and having a collar and a front opening.
- an undergarment of cotton, or other material, for the upper part of the body.
- a shirtwaist.
- a nightshirt.
shirt
/ ʃɜːt /
noun
- a garment worn on the upper part of the body, esp by men, usually of light material and typically having a collar and sleeves and buttoning up the front
- short for nightshirt undershirt
- keep your shirt on informal.refrain from losing your temper (often used as an exhortation to another)
- put one's shirt on informal.to bet all one has on (a horse, etc)
- lose one's shirt on informal.to lose all one has on (a horse, etc)
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- shirtless adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of shirt1
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Idioms and Phrases
- in one's shirt sleeves, without a coat: Also in one's shirt-sleeves.
It was so hot that they worked in their shirt sleeves.
- keep one's shirt on, Informal. to refrain from becoming angry or impatient; remain calm:
Tell him to keep his shirt on until we're ready.
- lose one's shirt, Informal. to lose all that one possesses; suffer a severe financial reverse:
He lost his shirt in the stock market.
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Example Sentences
Prices are relatively inexpensive and come in at around 135 euros for a shirt or 35 euros for hand woven boxers.
The kids had a gift for him too, a tee shirt with ‘Baseball Spoken Here’ stenciled across the front.
Marvin takes off his T-shirt and dives into his swimming pool.
There was a handy distraction in the Che t-shirt the tourist was wearing while celebrating the death.
He was standing on the corner and wearing only a T-shirt and jeans, and this was 11:30 at night and it was really cold.
If you use it wisely, it may be Ulysses' hauberk; if you reject it, the shirt of Nessus were a cooler winding-sheet!
His hat was pushed back from his forehead, the collar of his blue flannel shirt was open.
He reached down inside my shirt, with a none too gentle hand, and relieved me of the belt that held the money.
A pair of thin trousers and a shirt hanging down outside instead of being tucked in at the waist, and his toilet is made.
To me the national affectation of piety and holiness resembles a white shirt put on over a dirty skin.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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