T-shirt

or tee-shirt, tee shirt

[ tee-shurt ]

noun

a lightweight, usually knitted, pullover shirt, close-fitting and with a round neckline and short sleeves, worn as an undershirt or outer garment.

Origin of T-shirt

First recorded in 1940–45; named from its shape

Also called T, tee.

Words Nearby T-shirt

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How to use T-shirt in a sentence

Marvin takes off his T-shirt and dives into his swimming pool.
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There was a handy distraction in the Che T-shirt the tourist was wearing while celebrating the death.
The Life and Hard Times Of The Family A Cuban Defector Left Behind | Brin-Jonathan Butler | December 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
He was standing on the corner and wearing only a T-shirt and jeans, and this was 11:30 at night and it was really cold.
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This professional seducer, of sorts, has been pictured holding a T-shirt reading “Diss Fatties, Bang Hotties.”
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The kid wore a white T-shirt with the collar stretched loosely around the top of his smooth chest.
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Do you recall whether he had that type of shirt over his T-shirt that night?
Warren Commission (3 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
His normal attire was T-shirt, cotton slacks, sometimes the T-shirt covered by a shirt, flannel or cotton shirt.
Warren Commission (3 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
At the mouth of the alley stood Charles, wearing a halfhearted VampMob outfit of black T-shirt and jeans and white face-paint.
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And he had—he had on an open-neck shirt, but it—uh—could have been a sport shirt or a T-shirt.
Warren Commission (6 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
I believe, as close as I can remember, a T-shirt—a white T-shirt.
Warren Commission (6 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

British Dictionary definitions for T-shirt

T-shirt

noun

a lightweight simple garment for the upper body, usually short-sleeved

Origin of T-shirt

so called because of its shape

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