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shorts

See also: short s

English

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Running shorts.

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ʃɔː(ɹ)ts/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ts

Noun

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shorts

  1. plural of short

Noun

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shorts pl (plural only)

  1. pants or trousers worn for sports or in warmer weather that do not go lower than the knees.
    Jessica hated covering her legs, so she usually wore shorts.
  2. (dated) underpants.
    After a scare like that, you might need to change your shorts.
    • 2015, George Carlin, 3 X Carlin: An Orgy of George Including Brain Droppings, Napalm and Silly Putty, and When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?:
      And always, when the food arrives, send something back. It's considered very sophisticated. But make sure you use colorful language. Tell him, "Waiter, this veal tastes like the inside front panel of Ferdinand Magellan's shorts. And I'm referring to the first voyage."
  3. (uncountable) Remnants, clippings, trimmings of production processes.
  4. The part of milled grain sifted out which is next finer than the bran; pollard.
    • 1847, James Orchard Halliwell, A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, volume II, →OCLC, page 822:
      […] the first remove above bran is shorts ; the next above that is sharps
  5. Short, inferior hemp.

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Verb

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shorts

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of short

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French

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Noun

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shorts m

  1. plural of short
    Est-ce qu’il vous reste des shorts comme celui-ci en stock ?
    Do you have any shorts like these left in stock?

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From English shorts.

Noun

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shorts m (definite singular shortsen, indefinite plural shorts or shortser, definite plural shortsene)

  1. shorts (trousers with short legs, no longer than to the knees).

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From English shorts.

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shorts m (definite singular shortsen, indefinite plural shorts or shortsar, definite plural shortsane)

  1. shorts (as above)

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English shorts.

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Noun

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shorts m pl (plural only)

  1. Alternative form of short

Spanish

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shorts m pl (plural only)

  1. shorts
  2. plural of short

Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English shorts.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɧoːʈʂ/, (rare) /ʃoːʈʂ/

Noun

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shorts pl

  1. shorts (garment)
    ett par shorts
    a pair of shorts

Usage notes

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Of athletic or casual shorts. Compare kortbyxor.

Declension

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Declension of shorts
nominative genitive
singular indefinite - -
definite - -
plural indefinite shorts shorts
definite shortsen shortsens

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