Blouse

//blaʊs// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A shirt, typically loose and reaching from the neck to the waist. obsolete
  2. 2
    Alternative form of blouze. alt-of, alternative
  3. 3
    a top worn by women wordnet
  4. 4
    A shirt for women or girls, particularly a shirt with buttons and often a collar; a dress shirt tailored for women.

    "She came in now, but to the closet; from it she took a simple skirt and blouse. Picking up her underclothing she departed, obviously to dress somewhere else."

  5. 5
    Alternative form of blowze. alt-of, alternative
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  1. 6
    A loose-fitting uniform jacket.
  2. 7
    A short garment worn under a sari. Bangladesh, India
Verb
  1. 1
    To hang a garment in loose folds.
  2. 2
    To tuck one's pants/trousers (into one's boots).

    "An anonymous black soldier summed up his feelings by declaring, "If I fail to blouse my boots, or [if I] wear an Afro, I get socked. […]""

  3. 3
    The act of hiding contraband, such as drugs or weapons, in one's rectum.

Synonyms

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blazerbodicebodicecapecoatcorsage

Example

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"Your blouse goes beautifully with that skirt."

Etymology

1828, from French blouse (“a workman's or peasant's smock”), see that for more. More at blee, fold.

Related phrases

Russian blousebig girl's blousegirl's blousemiddy blousepeasant blousepeekaboo blousepoet blouseshirtwaist blousedress shirtfemale clothingfemale shirtfor girls

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