Blouse

Quick meaning: Blouse is a noun meaning (fashion, obsolete) A shirt, typically loose and reaching from the neck to the waist.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

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

Example Sentences

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. […]"

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.

Word Forms

• blouses
• blousing
• bloused

Synonyms for blouse

Depending on context, synonyms include bodice.

Antonyms for blouse

Common opposites include unblouse.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include jacket, shirt, gown, coat, waist, robe.

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