SHORTS Definition & Meaning

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shorts

/ ʃɔː�ٲ� /

trousers reaching the top of the thigh or partway to the knee, worn by both sexes for sport, relaxing in summer, etc
men's underpants that usually reach mid-thigh Usual Brit wordpants
short-dated gilt-edged securities
short-term bonds
securities or commodities that have been sold short
timber cut shorter than standard lengths
a livestock feed containing a large proportion of bran and wheat germ
items needed to make up a deficiency

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The suspect was found wearing nothing but his boxer shorts in the backyard of a home near Shriner's residence.

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Wilson — decked out in shorts and unaware that poodle-dog was buried beneath the icy blanket.

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To the audition, he "wore oversize gonky Australian shorts in nausea green" in an attempt to put the producers off, he wrote in his autobiography.

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“One of the places is in the gym. When you’re on that bike in your shorts, panting away next to a Republican, a lot of the inhibitions come off.”

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The last time she saw him, he was shaven-headed, shackled and dressed in a white prison T-shirt and shorts.

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