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Antonyms for shorts


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : shawrt
Phonetic Transcription : ʃɔrt



Definition of shorts

Origin :
  • "short pants," 1826, from short (adj.). Short-shorts is attested from 1946, originally men's briefs.
  • As in meat : noun core, gist
  • As in nub : noun core, gist
  • As in pants : noun clothing for legs, lower half of body
  • As in sense : noun point, meaning
  • As in thrust : noun point of communication
  • As in underwear : noun clothing worn under outerwear
  • As in short subject : noun very brief film
  • As in boxer shorts : noun loose underpants
  • As in drawers : noun underpants
  • As in rationality : noun sense
  • As in rationalness : noun sense
  • As in gist : noun meaning, essence
  • As in spare : verb do or manage without
  • As in cheat : verb defraud, fool
Example sentences :
  • "You'd better give the pigs some shorts," said Amanda, abruptly.
  • Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
  • He wore a fur cap, and shorts, and was of the velveteen race, velveteeny.
  • Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
  • Free all the shorts in this way, unless you have some old rubber insulators.
  • Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
  • I'll short Sven's electrics for him, if he makes fun of your shorts!
  • Extract from : « Poppa Needs Shorts » by Leigh Richmond
  • Neatles stuck into lamp cords had something to do with shorts.
  • Extract from : « Poppa Needs Shorts » by Leigh Richmond
  • Who could have expected to find them caught among the "shorts" in Mexican rubber?
  • Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic
  • A plenty of hay, a few potatoes or shorts, and pure water will suffice.
  • Extract from : « Cattle and Their Diseases » by Robert Jennings
  • That which is dried is cut fine, and mixed with meal or shorts, and fed with profit.
  • Extract from : « Cattle and Their Diseases » by Robert Jennings
  • Shorts had a shaky grasp of one arm of Dillon, and Spuddy the other.
  • Extract from : « Tess of the Storm Country » by Grace Miller White
  • Spuddy and Shorts were dragging the limp Swipes up the long steps.
  • Extract from : « Tess of the Storm Country » by Grace Miller White

Synonyms for shorts

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