Past tense of kilt
regular verb
The past tense of kilt is kilted. The past participle is also kilted.
Forms of kilt
| Base form (V1) | kilt /kɪlt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | kilted |
| Past participle (V3) | kilted |
| Present participle | kilting |
| Third person singular | kilts |
Kilted in a sentence
- She is telling them about Jaeger man-tailored shorts, kilted shorts and short shorts, and about the shirt-maker tennis dresses.1935 April 9, “Jaeger House [advertisement]”, in The Times, page 14. From the entry short shorts
- Gwyllum Evans, as a kilted Dr.1973 June 21, Paul Dellinger, “Barter’s ‘The Hostage’ Combines Stage Ploys”, in The Roanoke Times, volume 173, number 172, Roanoke, Va.…. From the entry Dr. Watsonish
- And proud, not only of her be-toppered husband and kilted son, but of this whole mad, delightful family into which she had married.1965, Eric Malpass, Morning’s at Seven, page 129. From the entry be-toppered
Meaning of kilt
- verb To gather up (skirts) around the body.
- noun A traditional Scottish garment, usually worn by men, having roughly the same morphology as a wrap-around skirt, with overlapping front aprons and pleated around the sides and back, and usually made of twill-woven worsted wool with a tartan pattern.
- noun Any Scottish garment from which the above lies in a direct line of descent, such as the philibeg, or the great kilt or belted plaid.
Questions about the past tense of kilt
- What is the past tense of kilt?
- The past tense of kilt is kilted.
- What is the past participle of kilt?
- The past participle of kilt is kilted.
- Is kilt a regular or irregular verb?
- Kilt is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: kilt (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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