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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