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split shorts

split shorts noun: a kind of shorts for running, typically shorter than half upper leg and with a seam cut up the side of each leg to enable freer movement.

split shorts: a kind of shorts for running, typically shorter than half upper leg and with a seam cut up the side...
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Noun

split shorts pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A kind of shorts for running, typically shorter than half upper leg and with a seam cut up the side of each leg to enable freer movement.

Questions about split shorts

What does split shorts mean?
Split shorts means a kind of shorts for running, typically shorter than half upper leg and with a seam cut up the side of each leg to enable freer movement.
What part of speech is split shorts?
Split shorts is a noun.

Words near split shorts in the dictionary

  1. split Ses
  2. split shift
  3. split shifter
  4. split shifters
  5. split shifts
  6. split shorts
  7. split shot
  8. split shots
  9. split single
  10. split singles
  11. split slab

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