SHIRT

[noun] [C] - a piece of clothing worn esp. by men on the upper part of the body, made of a light cloth and usually having a collar and buttons at the fronta denim shirta silk shirta striped shirtJack was wearing jeans and a white long-sleeved shirt.You've spilled something down your shirt front.He rolled up his shirt sleeves and got to work.See also nightshirt; sweatshirt; T-shirt.If someone, esp. a man, is in (their) shirt-sleeves, they are not wearing anything, such as a jacket, on top of their shirts. This is often considered to be an informal way of dressing.Because it was so hot, the men were all in their shirt-sleeves.People were sitting around shirt-sleeved (= not wearing anything on top of their shirts) in the sunshine.(UK informal) If you put your shirt on something, you feel very certain that it will happen.I'm putting my shirt on the President being re-elected (= I think that that is extremely likely).(informal) The shirt off your back is the last thing that you have left.She says she's my friend but she'd have the shirt off my back if she had the chance.He's the kind of man who'd give you the shirt off his back.