/ ʃɜːt; NAmE ʃɜːrt/ noun
a piece of clothing (usually for men), worn on the upper part of the body, made of light cloth, with sleeves and usually with a collar and buttons down the front :
to wear a shirt and tie
a short-sleeved shirt
a football shirt
—see also nightshirt , polo shirt , stuffed shirt , sweatshirt , T-shirt
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IDIOMS
- keep your shirt on
- put your shirt on sb/sth
- the shirt off sb's back
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WORD ORIGIN
Old English scyrte , of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse skyrta (compare with skirt ), Dutch schort , German Schürze apron, also to short ; probably from a base meaning short garment .