blouse
/ˈblaʊ̯z/US/ˈblaʊ̯s/
blouse noun: a shirt, typically loose and reaching from the neck to the waist. Also the alternative form of blouze.
Noun
blouse (plural blouses)
- A shirt, typically loose and reaching from the neck to the waist.
- 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.1964, Philip K. Dick, “NINE”, in Clans of the Alphane Moon, United States: Ace Books, →OCLC; republished London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1996, →ISBN, page 112
- A loose-fitting uniform jacket.
- A short garment worn under a sari.
- a feminine top in gay sex
Verb
blouse (third-person singular simple present blouses, present participle blousing, simple past and past participle bloused)
- To hang a garment in loose folds.
- 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. […]"1989, Bernard C. Nalty, Strength for the Fight: A History of Black Americans in the Military, page 311
- The act of hiding contraband, such as drugs or weapons, in one's rectum.
Also used as
blouse is also the alternative form of blouze.
blouse is also the alternative form of blowze.
blouse meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
blouse in Hindi
- ब्लाउज, ब्लाउज़, ब्लाउज करना
blouse in Tamil
- an outer garment, usually loose, that is similar to a shirt
- பிளவுஸ் piḷavus, ரவிக்கை ravikkai
blouse in Marathi
- ब्लाउज, ब्लाऊज
blouse in Urdu
- بلاؤز, بلاؤس
More languagesFewer languages
- blouse in Bengali
- ব্লাউজ, ব্লাউজ করা, ব্লাউজ করার জন্য
- blouse in Telugu
- జాకెట్టు, బ్లౌస్, బ్లౌస్ చెయ్యడానికి
- blouse in Malayalam
- ബ്ലൌസ്, ബ്ലൌസ് ചെയ്യാൻ, ബ്ലൌസ് ചെയ്യാനായി
- blouse in Kannada
- ಬ್ಲೌಸ್
- blouse in Punjabi
- ਬਲਾਊਜ਼, ਬ੍ਲਾਊਜ਼ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ
- blouse in Gujarati
- બ્લાઉઝ blāujha
- blouse in Odia
- ବ୍ଲାଉଜ, ବ୍ଲାଉଜ୍
- blouse in Nepali
- ब्लाउज, ब्लाउज गर्न, ब्लाउस गर्न
- blouse in Tagalog
- blusa
- blouse in Arabic
- بَلُوزَة balūza, بْلُوزَة blūza
- blouse in Indonesian
- blus
- blouse in Persian
- بلوز bluz, شومیز šomiz
Examples of blouse in a sentence
- She accidentally rubbed up against the painted door and got green paint on her blouse.
- Anna decided to wear a black pencil skirt with her blue blouse that day to work.
- She became very good at mixing and matching skirts, blouses, and accessories to extend her fashion budget.
Synonyms of blouse
Antonyms
Forms of blouse
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | blouses |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | blouses |
| present participle | blousing |
| past participle | bloused |
| past | bloused |
Origin of blouse
1828, from French blouse (“a workman's or peasant's smock”), see that for more. More at blee, fold.
Words formed from blouse
Words that rhyme with blouse
Questions about blouse
- What does blouse mean?
- Blouse means a shirt, typically loose and reaching from the neck to the waist.
- What is blouse in Hindi?
- Blouse in Hindi is ब्लाउज, ब्लाउज़, ब्लाउज करना. See Blouse meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is blouse?
- Blouse can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce blouse?
- Blouse is pronounced /ˈblaʊ̯z/ (UK).
- What is the plural of blouse?
- The plural of blouse is blouses.
Words near blouse in the dictionary
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