blouse
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blouse¹
- /ˈblaʊ̯z/ UK
- /ˈblaʊ̯s/ US
- /ˈblɐʊ̯s/
- /ˈblɜʊ̯s/
- /ˈblʌʊ̯s/
- /ˈbləʊ̯s/
- /ˈblæʊ̯z/
- /ˈblæʊ̯s/
- /ˈblaːz/
- /ˈblaːs/
- /ˈbluːz/ Northumbria, obsolete
Rhymes with -aʊs, -aʊz
Where it comes from
1828, from French blouse (“a workman's or peasant's smock”), see that for more.
More at blee, fold.
noun blouses
- A shirt, typically loose and reaching from the neck to the waist.
- A shirt for women or girls, particularly a shirt with buttons and often a collar; a dress shirt tailored for women. 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.
- A loose-fitting uniform jacket.
- A short garment worn under a sari.
- a feminine top in gay sex
Similar: bodice
verb blouses · blousing · bloused
- To hang a garment in loose folds.
- To tuck one's pants/trousers (into one's boots). 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. […]"
- The act of hiding contraband, such as drugs or weapons, in one's rectum.
Opposite: unblouse
blouse²
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: jacket, t-shirt, shirt, gown, coat, waist, robe, corsage, dress, liner, top, middy, tunic, chemise, bodice, smock
noun
Similar: bodice
verb
Opposite: unblouse
Translations
Every language
noun military: a loose-fitting uniform jacket
| 中文 | 工作罩衫 |
|---|---|
| Português | blusão |
| Italiano | camisaccio |
| Русский | гимнастёрка gimnastjórka |
noun an outer garment, usually loose, that is similar to a shirt
| Español | blusa |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 블라우스 beullauseu |
| 日本語 | ブラウス burausu |
| 中文 | 女襯衫 /女衬衫 nǚ chènshān |
| Português | blusa |
| Français | chemisier, corsage |
| Deutsch | Bluse |
| Italiano | camicia, blusa, camicetta |
| Ελληνικά | μπλούζα bloúza |
| Română | bluză |
| Русский | блу́зка blúzka, блу́за blúza |
| العربية | بَلُوزَة balūza, بْلُوزَة blūza |
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