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shirt

SaySHURT/ʃɜɹt//ʃɜːt/

Pluralshirts

Verbshirts, shirting, shirted

4 meanings of shirt

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  1. 1
    top (clothing)nouncountable
    A piece of clothing for the upper body, usually with sleeves that cover the arms.

    He wore a clean white shirt to school.

    She bought two new shirts at the store.

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  2. 2
    clothed teamnouncountable
    A player on the team that wears shirts in a casual game, while the other team goes without shirts.

    In our pickup game, I was a shirt and my brother was a skin.

    The shirts scored first in the neighborhood game.

    UsageUsually said as shirts for the whole team: shirts and skins.

    Oppositeskin

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  3. 3
    clotheverbraretransitive
    To put a shirt on someone, or to cover something as a shirt would.

    Similarclothe, dress, wrap, cover

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Less common meaning

  1. 4
    noun
    The inside lining of a blast furnace.

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Origins

Meanings 1–2

From Old English scyrte, meaning a short garment, from an old Germanic word for 'short'. It is related to the word skirt.

Checked 6 Nov 2026 · 4 facts

Meaning 3

From Middle English schirten, made from the noun 'shirt'.

Checked 6 Nov 2026 · 1 fact