shorts
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- noun
- /ʃɔrts/
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calzoncillos
- In all honesty, let's try the little shorts on, see what these are like.
Examples
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I thought this with those shorts could be cute on me.
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So I send the shorts to be dry cleaned.
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Oh, I got more striped shorts this time in a yellow.
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You rock the white shorts with the stripe.
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So these white denim shorts I have been loving.
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They sent these cute little shorts and a matching top.
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OK, well, Nike golf shirt, Tommy Bahama shorts, then shoes.
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He wore a pair of comfortable shorts while enjoying the sunny day at the beach.
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My favorite shorts for summer are the lightweight denim ones that are easy to move in.
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I bought new shorts for my vacation, and they fit perfectly.
Synonyms
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4.0
A woman's underwear that covers the lower body and each leg
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1.0
Clothes that you wear next to your skin under other clothes
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3.6
A pair of short underwear worn by women or girls
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6.5
A very small piece of underwear with a thin strip that goes between the buttocks
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2.6
A close-fitting piece of underwear for women or girls
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7.0
Short underwear usually worn by women or girls
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1.0
A single piece of clothing that you wear under other clothes, usually underpants
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1.0
Loose underpants for men that look like shorts
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8.4
A piece of clothing worn under other clothes like socks or an undershirt
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4.1
Short, tight men's underwear that fit close to the body
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8.8
A set of men's cotton underwear with an undershirt and underpants
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9.9
A pair of underpants with short legs worn under clothes
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7.7
Short underpants for women or children
A type of short, tight underwear that covers the hips and buttocks but not the thighs
Short, tight underwear worn under clothes, usually by men
Long underpants worn by men under their clothes for warmth
Clothes people wear under other clothes that cover the area from the waist to the upper thighs
Loose underwear for men that reach the thighs with an elastic waist
Underwear men wore under their clothes in the past
A small, tight pair of women's underwear cut like a bikini bottom
Clothes worn next to your body, like underwear
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Idioms
Compounds
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2.5
Short trousers that reach to or just above the knee, often worn in warm weather
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Morphology
Etymology
Shorts comes from the adjective short, which means 'not long'. These underpants are called shorts because they are shorter than full-length underwear, so the name reminds you they are 'not long'.