English Explanatory Dictionary

blouse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A shirt, typically loose and reaching from the neck to the waist.
  2. A shirt for women or girls, particularly a shirt with buttons and often a collar; a dress shirt tailored for women.
  3. A loose-fitting uniform jacket.
  4. A short garment worn under a sari.
verb
  1. To hang a garment in loose folds.
  2. To tuck one's pants/trousers (into one's boots).
  3. The act of hiding contraband, such as drugs or weapons, in one's rectum.
noun
  1. Alternative form of blouze.
  2. Alternative form of blowze.

Pronunciation

/ˈblaʊ̯z/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-blouse.wav /ˈblaʊ̯s/ /ˈblɐʊ̯s/ /ˈblɜʊ̯s/ /ˈblʌʊ̯s/ /ˈbləʊ̯s/ /ˈblæʊ̯z/ /ˈblæʊ̯s/ /ˈblaːz/ /ˈblaːs/ /ˈbluːz/

Word forms

blouse blouses blousing bloused

Etymology

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

Synonyms

bodice

Antonyms

unblouse

Derived words

big girl's blouse bloused blouseless blouselike downblouse girl's blouse middy blouse overblouse peasant blouse peekaboo blouse poet blouse Russian blouse shirtwaist blouse underblouse blousy deblouse unblouse
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