Skort

Quick meaning: Skort is a noun meaning A pair of shorts designed to look like a skirt via the addition of a panel of fabric.

Meaning

A pair of shorts designed to look like a skirt via the addition of a panel of fabric.

Example Sentences

Trina: I'm holding a pair of skorts. Jen: (gasp) Trina, listen very carefully to me. Put the skorts down and back away slowly. BACK AWAY! Look for the nearest exit!

All the major athletic apparel companies now offer skirts, or skorts. (What's the difference between a skort and a running skirt? Nothing, really, but I like the latter term better.)

Fashion has given the English language a new word to contend with: “skort,” a hybrid garment consisting of a mid-thigh-length pleated skirt with a matching pair of short bloomers attached underneath.

Skorts—a hybrid garment that traditionally blends culotte-style shorts with a wrapover fabric at the front that resembles a skirt—have soared in popularity lately thanks to the rise of “tenniscore” fashion.

Word Forms

• skorts

Synonyms for skort

Depending on context, synonyms include scooter.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include skirtini, skirt, short, boyshorts, shortalls, culottes.

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