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shorts

DEFINITIONS OF: shorts

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n trousers that end at or above the knee

Synonyms:
short pants, trunks
Types:
Bermuda shorts, Jamaica shorts
short pants that end at the knee
hot pants
skin-tight very short pants worn by young women as an outer garment
lederhosen
leather shorts often worn with suspenders; worn especially by men and boys in Bavaria
Type of:
pant, trouser
(usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately

n underpants worn by men

Synonyms:
boxers, boxershorts, drawers, underdrawers
Type of:
underpants
an undergarment that covers the body from the waist no further than to the thighs; usually worn next to the skin
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