shirt
shirt (s̸hʉrt)
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
- a similar garment for women
- undershirt
Etymology: ME shert < OE scyrte (akin to Ger schürze, apron, ON skyrta, shirt) < base of scort, short
in one's shirt sleeves
not wearing a coat or jacket over one's shirt
keep one's shirt on
☆Slang to remain patient or calm
lose one's shirt
Slang to lose all that one has
shirt
n.
Kinds of shirts include: dress, undershirt, sport, work, cowboy, Western, lumberman's, long-sleeved, short-sleeved, Oxford, polo, button down, linen, hair, cotton, silk, flannel, T-shirt, jersey, pullover, tank top, sweatshirt, turtleneck, Mackinaw;
keep one's shirt on*
lose one's shirt*
Converse of object
- wear: They will be wearing purple tee shirts with the Lowry logo.
- sleeve: The temperature in May is not too bad but long sleeved shirts or tops are mandatory.
- don: Becks, who quit as England captain after their World Cup failure earlier this month, donned a silk shirt and black trousers.
Preposition: with
- collar: Men should wear a dark suit and a plain, long-sleeved, white shirt with a white collar, white bow tie and bands.
Adjective modifier
- long-sleeved: Men should wear a dark suit and a plain, long-sleeved, white shirt with a white collar, white bow tie and bands.
- striped: We were given a blue and white striped shirt and a pair of gray shorts and socks.
- Hawaiian: If you are having a Hawaiian theme party, ask your caterer to have the wait staff where Hawaiian shirts.
- short-sleeved: The Cowards are a four-man sketch troupe who write smart, funny sketches and perform them in jeans and pumps and short-sleeved shirts.
- open-necked: Over his open-necked shirt Bill placed a stole and was ready to start.
- white: A white shirt should be carried to all away games.
Modifies a noun
- sleeve: Six steps down from Smythe's landing the man in shirt sleeves was doing something with a pail.
- collar: And so, lives go on in summer sweat, shirt collars are smelly and wet.
- pocket: The size is perfect ( top shirt pocket size ).
- sponsorship: At the start of each season, football clubs reveal their shirt sponsorship deals.
Noun used with modifier
- polo: Price £ 21 2 ) Navy blue polo shirt with embroidered MPS logo on the front.
- tee: They will be wearing purple tee shirts with the Lowry logo.
- T: I want the T shirt, " I drove in Italy & survived " !
- replica: Replica shirts will be flying off the shelves at the moment.
- t: Click on any of the t shirts to see a close up of the design.
- rugby: We have a range of products for the cruising sailor, ranging from the Cruising Almanac to rugby shirts adorned with CA logos.
With fingers wearyand worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rags Plying her needle and threadö Stitch! stitch! stitch! In poverty, hunger, and dirt. And still with a voice of dolorous pitch She sang the'Song of the Shirt'.
The general idea, of course, in any first-class laundry, is to see that no shirt or collar ever comes back twice.
Browse dictionary entries near shirt
- shirring
- shirr
- Shirley Temple
- Shirley
- shirk
- shire
- shiraz
- shipyard
- shipwright
- shipwrecked
- shirt-sleeve
- shirtdress
- shirting
- shirtjacket
- shirttail
- shirtwaist
- shirty
- shish kebab
- shit
- shit-eating grin
