shirt

UK /ʃɜːt/ US /ʃɜɹt/

noun 3verb 1

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

clean, crisp, fresh

She put on a clean shirt before her job interview.

VERB + SHIRT

button up, unbutton | pull off

tuck in

She tucked in her shirt before going to the job interview.

wash | iron

SHIRT + NOUN

button, collar, cuff, front, pocket, sleeve, tail

PHRASES

in (your) shirtsleeves

Definitions

noun

An article of clothing that is worn on the upper part of the body, and often has sleeves, either long or short, that cover the arms.

He went to the mall to buy shirts his size.

It can take a while to learn how to iron a shirt properly.

An interior lining in a blast furnace.

A member of the shirt-wearing team in a shirts and skins game.

verb

To cover or clothe with a shirt, or as if with a shirt.

1691, King Arthur, by John Dryden, act II, scene I. Ah! for so many souls, as but this morn / Were clothed with flesh, and warm’d with vital blood / But naked now, or shirted just with air.

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Idioms & Phrases

stuffed shirt

One who is pompous or self-important, especially one who is either officious or punctilious in a position of authority.

"Don't you come the high-and-holy on me. You and your smooth, big, phony stuffed-shirt of a father."

lose one's shirt

To lose all of one's money; to go broke; to undergo financial ruin or disaster.

Since nearly losing his shirt in a business deal a few years back, he investigates new opportunities more cautiously.

get one's shirt out

To become angry or annoyed; to lose one's temper.

"All right, sir, all right," said Chizzlem, lighting a huge cigar; "there it is, don't get your shirt out about it. I daresay I'll get along well enough without you. Though why you

the shirt off one's back

Everything currently in the possession of a person.

"I don't plan on selling my Nuclear shares," replied Lillis. "But I've been on Wall Street for fifty years, and if there's one thing I learned, it's that at the right price I'd sel

Example Bank

He went to the mall to buy shirts his size.

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It can take a while to learn how to iron a shirt properly.

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She had her shertes & gyrdyls of heere.

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1691, King Arthur, by John Dryden, act II, scene I. Ah! for so many souls, as but this morn / Were clothed with flesh, and warm’d with vital blood / But naked now, or shirted just with air.

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You look smart in the shirt.

Tatoeba · #16620

You may as well wash your shirt.

Tatoeba · #16658

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