Shirt Definition
shûrt
shirts
noun
The usual sleeved garment worn by men on the upper part of the body, often under a coat or jacket, typically having a collar and a buttoned opening down the front.
Webster's New World
A similar garment for women.
Webster's New World
An undershirt.
American Heritage
A nightshirt.
American Heritage
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- go-to-the-wall
- become bankrupt
- lose everything
- remain calm
- show restraint
- be-quiet
- be patient
- be calm
- gipon
- tunic
- sport
- smock
- silk
- turtleneck
- sark
idiom
keep (one's) shirt on
- To remain calm or patient:
The plane doesn't land for another hour, so keep your shirt on.
American Heritage
lose (one's) shirt
- To lose everything one has or owns.
American Heritage
the shirt off (one's) back
- The maximum one is able to give or lose:
The only thing those swindlers didn't take was the shirt off my back.
American Heritage
keep one's shirt on
- to remain patient or calm
Webster's New World
lose one's shirt
- to suffer the loss of all one's money, all one's investment, etc.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Shirt
Noun
Singular:
shirt
Plural:
shirtsIdioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Shirt
Origin of Shirt
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From Old English scyrte, from Proto-Germanic *skurtijÇ. Cognate with Dutch schort, German Schürze (“apron"). Skirt is a parallel formation from Old Norse; compare also short, from the same ultimate source.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English shirte from Old English scyrte short garment sker-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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