tux
80
3.7
- noun
- /tʌks/
- Informal
:
esmoquin
- He wore a tux to the wedding, looking very dapper.
- wear a tux
- rent a tux
- get a tux
And half the people in tux in like black tie tux.
- And half the people in tux in like black tie tux.
- Too bad, Derek, take a Zyrtec and put on the damn tux.
- Nature's box, delicious, wonderful snacks, the black tux, slick as heck suits and tuxes and Vincero's classy, affordable watches.
- I just want to be on Segway, pull up in a tux, do little spin moves and like, I just want to say hi to everyone and don't come up to me.
- Yeah, totally for the deployment, dude, for at the Oscars, the tux was like so tight and crisp that I felt like my nipples chafed.
Examples
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They were supposed to wear tuxes!
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You want to make sure that your tux fits you great.
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And when you need a tux, the best place to go and get one is the black tux.
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Wear a tux on opening night
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Let me buy you the tux, and we'll call it even.
Fiction book (1990) -
A week later, she was dressed in a tux and ready to work.
Fiction book (1998) -
God, Billy looks cute in his tux.
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First time that I've been in a tux, I think since prom.
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On Wednesday, he got fitted for a rental tux at his uncle Ben's store.
Fiction book (1999) -
Oh, nice tux.
Synonyms
80
3.0
A formal black jacket and matching trousers worn for evening events
3
3.1
A dark jacket worn by men at formal evening events
1
3.5
A formal men's outfit with a tailcoat and trousers for evening events
How Formal
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tux is short for tuxedo, a name taken from Tuxedo Park in New York where men began to wear a simpler evening 'jacket' instead of a full formal coat. So a tux is the smart, semi-formal 'suit' or 'jacket' men wear to evening events.