Synonyms for shorts
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : shawrt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ʃɔrt |
Top 10 synonyms for shorts Other synonyms for the word shorts
- acceptation
- advantage
- bamboozle
- basic
- basis
- bearing
- beat
- beguile
- Bermudas
- bestow
- bleed
- bloomers
- blue jeans
- bottom line
- boxer shorts
- boxers
- breeches
- brief film
- briefs
- britches
- bunco
- burden
- burn
- BVDs
- caboodle
- chaps
- chinos
- chisel
- clam diggers
- cords
- corduroys
- core
- cozen
- crib
- cross
- definition
- delude
- denims
- denotatiton
- diddle
- dispense with
- do
- do a number on
- double-cross
- double-deal
- drawers
- drift
- dungarees
- dupe
- effect
- essence
- fast talk
- finagle
- fleece
- flimflam
- force
- fudge
- G-string
- gist
- give
- give bum steer
- good
- gouge
- grant
- gyp
- heart
- hoodwink
- hose
- idea
- implication
- import
- intendment
- interpretation
- intimate things
- jeans
- jerk around
- Jockeysâ„¢
- Jockeyâ„¢ shorts
- jodhpurs
- kernel
- keynote
- knickers
- lingerie
- logic
- loincloth
- long johns
- marrow
- matter
- meaning
- meat
- meat and potatoes
- message
- milk
- mislead
- name of the game
- nature of the beast
- nitty gritty
- nitty-gritty
- nuance
- nub
- nubbin
- nucleus
- nuts and bolts
- overalls
- pantaloons
- panties
- pants
- part with
- pedal pushers
- pinch
- pith
- point
- provide
- pull one's leg
- punch line
- purport
- purpose
- put by
- quintessence
- rationale
- rationality
- rationalness
- ream
- reason
- relinquish
- rhyme or reason
- rip off
- rook
- rope in
- salt away
- sandbag
- save
- scam
- score
- scrape
- screw
- scrimp
- sense
- shaft
- short
- short movie
- shorts
- shuck
- significance
- significancy
- signification
- skimp
- skin
- skivvies
- slacks
- smallclothes
- snow
- soul
- spirit
- stiff
- stint
- stuff
- subject
- substance
- sucker
- summary
- supply
- swindle
- take
- take for a ride
- take in
- take out
- tenor
- theme
- thrust
- topic
- trick
- trim
- trousers
- two-time
- underclothes
- underclothing
- undergarment
- underpants
- undershirt
- undershorts
- understanding
- underthings
- underwear
- undies
- upshot
- use
- value
- victimize
- worth
Définition 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
- "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
Antonyms for shorts
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