blouse
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/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
- (obsolete)A shirt, typically loose and reaching from the neck to the waist.
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noun
- (obsolete)A shirt, typically loose and reaching from the neck to the waist.
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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.
- (Bangladesh, India)A short garment worn under a sari.
- (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of blouze.
- (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of blowze.
verb
- To hang a garment in loose folds.
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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.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
1828, from French blouse (“a workman's or peasant's smock”), see that for more. More at blee, fold.
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