- plural of short.
shorts
Britishplural noun
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trousers reaching the top of the thigh or partway to the knee, worn by both sexes for sport, relaxing in summer, etc
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Usual Brit word: pants. men's underpants that usually reach mid-thigh
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short-dated gilt-edged securities
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short-term bonds
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securities or commodities that have been sold short
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timber cut shorter than standard lengths
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a livestock feed containing a large proportion of bran and wheat germ
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items needed to make up a deficiency
Example Sentences
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Evidence provided by Adidas included side-by-side comparisons of its products with White Fox clothes which include sweatpants and lounge shorts, as well as images of billboards on buses and at bus stops.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Palmer Luckey, 34-year-old co-founder of Anduril, is building the world’s next frontier of warfare for the Pentagon but wears a uniform of exclusively Hawaiian shirts and cargo shorts.
From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026
Working with Tony Villani, the founder of XPE Sports, Kelce focused on “game-speed drills” to maximize his pace when he’s running actual routes, not just reeling off sprints in shorts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
The elastic is long gone and the shorts are unwearable.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
Later that afternoon, I saw another fella in Bermuda shorts.
From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm
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