someone would give you the shirt off their backphrase
Word Forms
singular
shirt
plural
shirts
DEFINITIONS1
1
a piece of clothing that covers the top part of the body. It usually has long sleeves and buttons down the front. A woman’s shirt is often called a blouse.
One of his shirt buttons was missing.
a cotton/silk/denim shirt
Synonyms and related words
Shirts, t-shirts and tops
barong tagalog
blouse
boob tube
1a
the part of a sports strip that covers the top part of a player’s body
wearing the number 11 shirt
Synonyms and related words
Clothes and accessories worn for sports and leisure
box
jersey
jockstrap
phrases
keep your shirt on
lose your shirt on something
put your shirt on something
someone would give you the shirt off their back
shirt
noun countable
US /ʃɜrt/
Other entries for this word
T-shirtnoun
tee shirt
dress shirtnoun
hair shirtnoun
polo shirtnoun
Oxford shirtnoun
stuffed shirtnoun
keep your shirt onphrase
put on/wear a hair shirtphrase
lose your shirt on somethingphrase
someone would give you the shirt off their backphrase
Word Forms
singular
shirt
plural
shirts
DEFINITIONS1
1
a piece of clothing that covers the top part of the body. It usually has long sleeves and buttons down the front. A woman’s shirt is often called a blouse.