kilt

[ kilt ]

/ kɪlt /

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noun

any short, pleated skirt, especially a tartan wraparound, as that worn by men in the Scottish Highlands.

verb (used with object)

to draw or tuck up, as the skirt, about oneself.

to provide (a skirt) with kilt pleats.

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Origin of kilt

1300–50; Middle English kylte, perhaps <Scandinavian; compare Danish kilte to tuck up

OTHER WORDS FROM kilt

kiltlike, adjective

Words nearby kilt

kilovolt-ampere, kilowatt, kilowatt-hour, Kilpatrick, Kilroy, kilt, kilted, kilter, kiltie, kilting, kilt pleat

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How to use kilt in a sentence

Excuse me, I have to get the keffiyeh out of my dusty suitcase and pack a kilt.
Up to a Point: A Free Scotland Would Be a Hilarious Disaster|P. J. O’Rourke|September 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Peter," he said, "the city truck done run over yer dog and kilt him dead.
The Stacks: A Dog Dies, a Boy Grows Up|Pete Dexter|June 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A few feet away was Marc Jacobs, wearing a plaid kilt, in a clear tip of the hat to McQueen.
Alexander McQueen Exhibit: Fashion's Big Night|Robin Givhan, Jacob Bernstein|May 3, 2011|DAILY BEAST
For those worried that I left Kilt Man empty handed, fear not.
The Last Erotic Massage|Arianne Cohen|May 21, 2009|DAILY BEAST

After another half hour, Kilt Man leaned his full weight with his palm onto the soft mound above my pelvic bone.
The Last Erotic Massage|Arianne Cohen|May 21, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Now, Highland regiments had fought in India for many a year before the Mutiny, and the kilt was no new thing in native eyes.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
We can't fall upon luck of any sort—good, bad or indifferent—that is where I'm broke and spiled and kilt hintirely.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend|Charles Reade
Ef he done kilt dat woman, de white folks goin' to git him sho'ly—sho'ly.
The Winning Clue|James Hay, Jr.
It was hard to convince th' nation that they hadn't lost th' war with Rooshya because not so many Rooshyans had been kilt as Japs.
Mr. Dooley Says|Finley Dunne
But the thought of gettin' kilt before ever I'd made you Mrs. Murphy was too much for me.
Mary Gray|Katharine Tynan

British Dictionary definitions for kilt

kilt

/ (kɪlt) /

noun

a knee-length pleated skirt-like garment, esp one in tartan, as worn by men in Highland dress

verb (tr)

to tuck (a skirt) up around one's body

to put pleats in (cloth, a skirt, etc)

Derived forms of kilt

kilted, adjectivekiltlike, adjective

Word Origin for kilt

C18: of Scandinavian origin; compare Danish kilte to tuck up, Old Swedish kilta lap

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