English Explanatory Dictionary

shorts

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. plural of short
noun
  1. A garment worn over the pelvic area ending above the knees, not covering the entire length of the leg, designed for warm weather or for sports.
  2. Underpants.
  3. Remnants, clippings, trimmings of production processes.
  4. The part of milled grain sifted out which is next finer than the bran; pollard.
  5. Short, inferior hemp.
verb
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of short

Pronunciation

/ʃɔː(ɹ)ts/ en-us-shorts.ogg

Word forms

shorts

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.? Proto-Germanic *skertaną Proto-Germanic *skurtaz Proto-West Germanic *skurt Old English sċort Middle English schort English short Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English shorts From short + -s.

Related words

short pants undershorts 🩳

Derived words

basketball shorts Bermuda shorts bib shorts bicycle shorts bicycling shorts biking shorts boardshorts board shorts booty shorts boxer shorts boy shorts boyshorts boy-shorts cargo shorts compression shorts cover shorts cycle shorts cycling shorts dolphin shorts dress shorts eat my shorts get one's shorts in a knot gym shorts jockey shorts jort jorts longs and shorts pekpek shorts playshorts poom-poom shorts pum-pum shorts safety shorts shants short shorts shorty shorts skort skorts sleep shorts split shorts swimming shorts swimshorts undershorts upshorts walking shorts walk shorts
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