blouse

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Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
11
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈblaʊ̯z/
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/ˈblaʊ̯z/ · /ˈblaʊ̯s/ · /ˈblɐʊ̯s/ · /ˈblɜʊ̯s/ · /ˈblʌʊ̯s/ · /ˈbləʊ̯s/ · /ˈblæʊ̯z/ · /ˈblæʊ̯s/ · /ˈblaːz/ · /ˈblaːs/ · /ˈbluːz/

Definition of blouse

9 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

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

  1. (obsolete)A shirt, typically loose and reaching from the neck to the waist.
  2. 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.”
  3. A loose-fitting uniform jacket.
  4. (Bangladesh, India)A short garment worn under a sari.
  5. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of blouze.
  6. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of blowze.

verb

  1. To hang a garment in loose folds.
  2. 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. […]"”
  3. The act of hiding contraband, such as drugs or weapons, in one's rectum.

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Etymology

1828, from French blouse (“a workman's or peasant's smock”), see that for more. More at blee, fold.

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