shorts

/ʃɔrts/
/ʃɔts/
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Definitions of shorts
  1. noun
    trousers that end at or above the knee
    synonyms: short pants, trunks
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    types:
    Bermuda shorts, Jamaica shorts
    short pants that end at the knee
    hot pants
    skin-tight very short pants worn by young women as an outer garment
    lederhosen
    leather shorts often worn with suspenders; worn especially by men and boys in Bavaria
    type of:
    pant, trouser
    (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately
  2. noun
    underpants worn by men
    synonyms: boxers, boxershorts, drawers, underdrawers
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    type of:
    underpants
    an undergarment that covers the body from the waist no further than to the thighs; usually worn next to the skin
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UK
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