skort
skort noun: a pair of shorts designed to look like a skirt via the addition of a panel of fabric.
Noun
skort (plural skorts)
- A pair of shorts designed to look like a skirt via the addition of a panel of fabric.
- Fashion has given the English language a new word to contend with: “skort,” a hybrid garment consisting of a mid-thigh-length pleated skirt with a matching pair of short bloomers attached underneath.[1957 June 10, “Snappy Skort, New for Sport”, in LIFE, Time
- All the major athletic apparel companies now offer skirts, or skorts. (What's the difference between a skort and a running skirt? Nothing, really, but I like the latter term better.)2008 August, Sarah Bowen Shea, “Speedy, Sexy, Cool: What to look for if you're putting shorts behind”, in Runner's World, page 74
- Synonyms:
- scooter, scooter skirt
Synonyms of skort
Forms of skort
| plural | skorts |
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Origin of skort
Blend of skirt + shorts. First attested in the 1950s.
Words formed from skort
Words that rhyme with skort
44 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- export
- mort
- assort
- escort
- fort
- quart
- resort
- retort
- thwart
- wart
- cavort
- comport
- detort
- distort
- extort
- swart
- transport
- apport
- come short
- consort
- contort
- desport
- ort
- purport
- reimport
- tort
- accourt
- aport
- asnort
- asport
- bort
- coreport
- Crown Court
- dort
- exhort
- Isle aux Morts
- kangaroo court
- misreport
- reexport
- rereport
- rort
- spoilsport
- torte
- worrywart
Questions about skort
- What does skort mean?
- Skort means a pair of shorts designed to look like a skirt via the addition of a panel of fabric.
- What part of speech is skort?
- Skort is a noun.
- What is the plural of skort?
- The plural of skort is skorts.
Words near skort in the dictionary
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