shirt
A short-sleeved shirt
A piece of clothing that covers the upper part of your body and your arms, usually has a collar, and is fastened at the front by buttons
A short-sleeved shirt
Oxford Essential Dictionary
shirt
noun
pronunciation
The word shirt sounds like hurt.
a thin piece of clothing that you wear on the top part of your body
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
shirt
shirt S2 W3 /ʃɜːt $ ʃɜːrt/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[Language: Old English; Origin: scyrte]
1. a piece of clothing that covers the upper part of your body and your arms, usually has a collar, and is fastened at the front by buttons ⇨ blouse:
I have to wear a shirt and tie to work.
a check shirt
2. keep your shirt on spoken used to tell someone who is becoming angry that they should stay calm
3. put/bet/stake your shirt on something British English informal to risk all your money on something
⇨ ↑stuffed shirt
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
shirt
shirt [shirt shirts] [ʃɜːt] [ʃɜːrt] noun
a piece of clothing (usually for men), worn on the upper part of the body, made of light cloth, with sleeves and usually with a collar and buttons down the front
• to wear a shirt and tie
• a short-sleeved shirt
• a football shirt
see also nightshirt, polo shirt, stuffed shirt, sweatshirt, T-shirt
Idioms: keep your shirt on ▪ put your shirt on somebody ▪ shirt off somebody's back
Word Origin:
Old English scyrte, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse skyrta (compare with skirt), Dutch schort, German Schürze ‘apron’, also to short; probably from a base meaning ‘short garment’.
Example Bank:
• He tucked his shirt into his pants.
• He wears a crisp white shirt to the office every day.
• a footballer's shirt number
• replica football shirts with Beckham's famous number 7
stuffed shirt
ˌstuffed ˈshirt f22 [stuffed shirt] noun (informal, disapproving)
a person who is very serious, formal or old-fashioned
• The club members are not just a bunch of stuffed shirts.
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
shirt / ʃɜːt / / ʃɝːt / noun [ C ]
A1 a piece of clothing worn, especially by men, on the upper part of the body, made of light cloth like cotton and usually having a collar and buttons at the front:
a striped/white shirt
a short-/long-sleeved shirt
You've spilled something down your shirt front.
→ See also nightshirt , sweatshirt , T-shirt
See picture clothes 2
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary
shirt
/ʃɜ:(r)t/
(shirts)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A shirt is a piece of clothing that you wear on the upper part of your body. Shirts have a collar, sleeves, and buttons down the front.
N-COUNT
2.
see also dress shirt, stuffed shirt, sweatshirt, T-shirt
stuffed shirt
(stuffed shirts)
If you describe someone, especially someone with an important position, as a stuffed shirt, you mean that they are extremely formal and old-fashioned. (INFORMAL)
In a pinstriped suit he instantly looked like a stuffed shirt.
N-COUNT [disapproval]
Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary
shirt
shirt /ˈʃɚt/ noun, pl shirts [count] : a piece of clothing for the upper body that has sleeves and usually a collar and buttons down the front - see also nightshirt, polo shirt, stuffed shirt, sweatshirt, t-shirt, undershirt
keep your shirt on informal
- used to tell someone to calm down or be more patient
• “Aren't you ready yet?” “Keep your shirt on! I'll be ready in a minute.”
lose your shirt chiefly US informal : to lose a lot of money because of a bad bet or investment
• He lost his shirt betting on football games.
• Many investors lost their shirts when the market crashed.
put your shirt on chiefly Brit informal : to bet a lot of money on (someone or something)
• I put my shirt on a horse in the second race.
the shirt off your back informal
✦People who would give you the shirt off their back would do anything to help you.
• She'd give me the shirt off her back if I ever needed help.
