shorts

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ʃɔː(ɹ)ts/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ts

Noun

shorts

1. plural of short

Noun

shorts pl (plural only)

1. Pants worn primarily in the warm weather that do not go lower than the knees.

   Jessica hated covering her legs, so she rarely wore anything but shorts.

2. Underwear bottoms.

   After a scare like that, I need to change my shorts.

3. (uncountable) Remnants, clippings, trimmings of production processes.
4. The part of milled grain sifted out which is next finer than the bran.
   • Halliwell

     The first remove above bran is shorts.

5. Short, inferior hemp.

Verb

shorts

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of short

Anagrams

• Stohrs, horsts

Noun

shorts m

1. plural of short

   Est-ce qu'il vous reste des shorts comme celui-ci en stock ?

Etymology

From English shorts

Noun

shorts m (definite singular shortsen, indefinite plural shorts or shortser, definite plural shortsene)

1. shorts (trousers with short legs, no longer than to the knees).

References

• “shorts” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

From English shorts

Noun

shorts m (definite singular shortsen, indefinite plural shorts or shortsar, definite plural shortsane)

1. shorts (as above)

References

• “shorts” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Noun

shorts m pl (plural only)

1. Alternative form of short

Noun

shorts m pl (plural only)

1. shorts

Etymology

From English shorts

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɧoːʈs/, /ʃoːʈs/

Noun

shorts pl

1. trousers with short legs. Does generally not reach to the knees.