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A-shirt

A-shirt noun: an athletic shirt or a similarly cut undershirt.

a-shirt: an athletic shirt or a similarly cut undershirt
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Noun

A-shirt (plural A-shirts)

  1. An athletic shirt or a similarly cut undershirt.
    • T sits up & pulls a sleeveless A-shirt on--one of the sexiest garments I know.1981-1982, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
    • Sonny had removed his jacket and collared shirt and sat in his A-shirt and trousers with a Lucky Strike behind his ear.2019, Dan Cushman, Brian Townsley, Frederick Nebel, Black Mass (Spring 2018)
    Synonyms:
    beater, wife beater, Guinea tee, diego tee, dago tee, vest, string vest, semmit, singlet

Synonyms of A-shirt

Forms of A-shirt

pluralA-shirts

Questions about A-shirt

What does A-shirt mean?
A-shirt means an athletic shirt or a similarly cut undershirt.
What part of speech is A-shirt?
A-shirt is a noun.
What is the plural of A-shirt?
The plural of A-shirt is A-shirts.

Words near A-shirt in the dictionary

  1. A-shaped
  2. a-sharp
  3. A-sharp major
  4. A-sharp minor
  5. a-sharps
  6. A-shirt
  7. A-shirts
  8. a-Si
  9. A-side
  10. A-sides
  11. A-site

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