shirt
[ shurt ]
/ ʃɜrt /
noun
a long- or short-sleeved garment for the upper part of the body, usually lightweight and having a collar and a front opening.
an undergarment of cotton, or other material, for the upper part of the body.
a shirtwaist.
a nightshirt.
Idioms for shirt
Origin of shirt
before 1150; Middle English
schirte, Old English
scyrte; cognate with German
Schürze, Dutch
schort apron, Old Norse
skyrta
skirt
OTHER WORDS FROM shirt
shirt·less, adjectiveWords nearby shirt
British Dictionary definitions for lose one's shirt
shirt
/ (ʃɜːt) /
noun
a garment worn on the upper part of the body, esp by men, usually of light material and typically having a collar and sleeves and buttoning up the front
short for nightshirt, undershirt
keep your shirt on informal
refrain from losing your temper (often used as an exhortation to another)
put one's shirt on informal
to bet all one has on (a horse, etc)
lose one's shirt on informal
to lose all one has on (a horse, etc)
Word Origin for shirt
Old English
scyrte; related to Old English
sceort
short, Old Norse
skyrta skirt, Middle High German
schurz apron
Idioms and Phrases with lose one's shirt (1 of 2)
lose one's shirt
Face financial ruin, go bankrupt, as in He lost his shirt in the last recession. This expression implies one has lost even one's shirt. [Early 1900s]
Idioms and Phrases with lose one's shirt (2 of 2)
shirt
see give the shirt off one's back; hair shirt; keep one's shirt on; lose one's shirt; stuffed shirt.