Shorts

noun, verb

noun, verb ·1 syllable ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of short form-of, plural
  2. 2
    Pants or trousers worn for sports or in warmer weather that do not go lower than the knees. plural, plural-only

    "Jessica hated covering her legs, so she usually wore shorts."

  3. 3
    underpants worn by men wordnet
  4. 4
    Underpants. dated, plural, plural-only

    "After a scare like that, you might need to change your shorts."

  5. 5
    (used in the plural) trousers that end at or above the knee wordnet
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  1. 6
    Remnants, clippings, trimmings of production processes. plural, plural-only, uncountable
  2. 7
    The part of milled grain sifted out which is next finer than the bran; pollard. plural, plural-only

    "[…]the first remove above bran is shorts ; the next above that is sharps"

  3. 8
    Short, inferior hemp. plural, plural-only
Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of short form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Synonyms

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bearboxer shortsboxersboxersboxershortsbriefs

Antonyms

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pants

Example

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"I preferred wearing my Hawaiian T-shirt and green shorts to be cool and different, but I quickly got used to the white shirt and black slacks."

Etymology

From short + -s.

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