| shirt (shûrt) n. Idioms: 1. A garment for the upper part of the body, typically having a collar, sleeves, and a front opening. 2. An undershirt. 3. A nightshirt. keep (one's) shirt on Slang To remain calm or patient: The plane doesn't land for another hour, so keep your shirt on. lose (one's) shirt Slang To lose everything one has or owns. the shirt off (one's) back Slang The maximum one is able to give or lose: The only thing those swindlers didn't take was the shirt off my back. [Middle English shirte, from Old English scyrte, short garment; see sker-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
shirt [ʃɜːt]
n
1. (Clothing & Fashion) 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
2. (Clothing & Fashion) short for nightshirt, undershirt
keep your shirt on Informal refrain from losing your temper (often used as an exhortation to another)
(Group Games / Gambling, except Cards)
put or lose one's shirt on Informal to bet or lose all one has on (a horse, etc.)
[Old English scyrte; related to Old English sceort short, Old Norse skyrta skirt, Middle High German schurz apron]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  shirt - a garment worn on the upper half of the bodycamise - a loose shirt or tunic; originally worn in the Middle Ages dickey, dickie, dicky, shirtfront - a man's detachable insert (usually starched) to simulate the front of a shirt dress shirt, evening shirt - a man's white shirt (with a starch front) for evening wear (usually with a tuxedo) garment - an article of clothing; "garments of the finest silk" hair shirt - an uncomfortable shirt made of coarse animal hair; worn next to the skin as a penance kurta - a loose collarless shirt worn by many people on the Indian subcontinent (usually with a salwar or churidars or pyjama) polo shirt, sport shirt - a shirt with short sleeves designed for comfort and casual wear shirt button - a button on a shirt shirtfront - the front of a shirt (usually the part not covered by a jacket); "he had spilled catsup on his shirtfront" shirting - any of various fabrics used to make men's shirts shirtsleeve - the sleeve of a shirt shirttail - fabric forming the tail of a shirt tank top - a tight-fitting sleeveless shirt with wide shoulder straps and low neck and no front opening; often worn over a shirt or blouse work-shirt - heavy-duty shirts worn for manual or physical work |
| Verb | 1. | shirt - put a shirt on |
shirt
Shirts
banyan, blouse, boiled shirt, bush shirt, camise, chemise, cover-shoulder, dashiki, dress shirt, garibaldi, grandad shirt, guimpe, Jacky Howe (Austral. informal), hair shirt, kerbaya, kurta or khurta, lava-lava, middy blouse, overblouse, polo shirt, sark (Scot.), skivvy, sports shirt, Swanndri (trademark N.Z.), T-shirt or tee shirt
Translations
shirt [ʃɜːt]
shirt
shirt:
n (men’s) → (Ober)hemd nt; (Ftbl) → Hemd nt, → Trikot nt; (women’s) → Hemdbluse f; keep your shirt on (Brit inf) → reg dich nicht auf!; to put one’s shirt on a horse (inf) → den letzten Cent or sein letztes Hemd auf ein Pferd setzen; to lose one’s shirt on a horse (inf) → den letzten Cent or sein letztes Hemd bei einer Pferdewette verlieren; I’m putting my shirt on him to get the job (inf) → ich gehe jede Wette ein, dass er die Stelle bekommt; he’d give you the shirt off his back (inf) → er würde einem sein letztes Hemd geben; he’ll have the shirt off your back! (inf) → er zieht dich aus bis aufs letzte Hemd! (inf)
shirt:
shirt collar
n → Hemdkragen m
shirt front
n → Hemdbrust f
shirt [ʃɜːt] n (man's) → camicia; (woman's) → camicetta, camicia
in one's shirt sleeves → in maniche di camicia
to put one's shirt on sth (fig) (Betting) → giocarsi anche la camicia su qc
keep your shirt on! (fig) (fam) → non ti scaldare!
in one's shirt sleeves → in maniche di camicia
to put one's shirt on sth (fig) (Betting) → giocarsi anche la camicia su qc
keep your shirt on! (fig) (fam) → non ti scaldare!
n shirt [ʃəːt]
a kind of garment worn on the upper part of the body a casual shirt; a short-sleeved shirt; She wore black jeans and a white shirt. hemp قَميص риза košile skjorte das Hemd πουκάμισο camisa särk, pluus پيراهن paita chemise חוּלצָה कमीज košulja ing kemeja skyrta camicia シャツ 셔츠 marškiniai krekls baju kemeja overhemd skjorte koszula camisa cămaşă рубашка, сорочка košeľa srajca majica skjorta เสื้อเชิ้ต gömlek 襯衫 сорочка قمیص áo sơ mi 衬衫
in one's shirt-sleeves
without a jacket or coat I work better in my shirt-sleeves. sonder baadjie بدون مِعْطَف او جاكيت по риза bez kabátu i skjorteærmer in Hemdsärmeln χωρίς σακάκι en mangas de camisa särgiväel بدون لباس paitahihasillaan en bras de chemise בְּחוּלצָה कमीज के ऊपर और कुछ न पहने हुए u košulji, bez kaputa ingujjban tanpa jas atau jaket jakkalaus, á skyrtunni in maniche di camicia シャツ一枚になって 재킷을 입지 않고 vienmarškinis vienā kreklā; kreklos izmeties dengan berkemeja sahaja in hemdsmouwen uformelt, i skjorteermene w samej koszuli em mangas de camisa în cămaşă, fără haină без пиджака bez kabáta v sami srajci u majici i skjortärmarna ไม่มีเสื้อคลุม ceketsiz 不穿外套 без піджака بغیر کوٹ کے صرف قمیص میں mặc áo sơ mi không 不穿外衣
shirt → قميص košile skjorte Hemd πουκάμισο camisa paita chemise košulja camicia ワイシャツ 셔츠 shirt skjorte koszula camisa рубашка skjorta เสื้อเชิ้ต gömlek áo sơmi 衬衫
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