blouse
nounverbnouncommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈblaʊ̯z//
- United States//ˈblaʊ̯s//
- //ˈblɐʊ̯s//
- //ˈblɜʊ̯s//
- //ˈblʌʊ̯s//
A shirt for women or girls, particularly a shirt with buttons and often a collar; a dress shirt tailored for women.
noun
- 1
obsoleteA shirt, typically loose and reaching from the neck to the waist.
- 2
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.
- 3
A loose-fitting uniform jacket.
- 4
A short garment worn under a sari.
- 5
slanga feminine top in gay sex
Etymology
1828, from French blouse (“a workman's or peasant's smock”), see that for more. More at blee, fold.
verb
- 1
To hang a garment in loose folds.
- 2
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. […]"
- 3
The act of hiding contraband, such as drugs or weapons, in one's rectum.
noun
- 1
Variant of blouzeAlternative form of blouze.
- 2
Variant of blowzeAlternative form of blowze.
Forms
- plural
- blouses
- past tense
- bloused
- past participle
- bloused
- present participle
- blousing
- third person singular
- blouses
blouse · A shirt for women or girls, particularly a shirt with buttons and often a collar; a dress shirt tailored for women.
blow · To produce an air current.Blow · A surname.blowing · The act of one who blows, or that which blows.