Blouse

/ˈblaʊ̯z/ · noun

Meaning

(fashion, obsolete) A shirt, typically loose and reaching from the neck to the waist..

Definitions by Sense

1. (fashion, obsolete) A shirt, typically loose and reaching from the neck to the waist.
2. (fashion) A shirt for women or girls, particularly a shirt with buttons and often a collar; a dress shirt tailored for women.
3. (military fashion) A loose-fitting uniform jacket.
4. (India, Bangladesh) A short garment worn under a sari.
5. To hang a garment in loose folds.
6. (military) To tuck one's pants/trousers (into one's boots).
7. (prison) The act of hiding contraband, such as drugs or weapons, in one's rectum.
8. Alternative form of blouze.

Example Sentences

She came in now, but to the closet; from it she took a simple skirt and blouse. Picking up her underclothing she departed, obviously to dress somewhere else.

An anonymous black soldier summed up his feelings by declaring, "If I fail to blouse my boots, or [if I] wear an Afro, I get socked. […]"

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Word Forms

• blouses
• blousing
• bloused

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