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Definition of Shirt

Shirt

A loose under-garment for the upper part of the body, made of cotton, linen, or other material; -- formerly used of the under-garment of either sex, now commonly restricted to that worn by men and boys.

To cover or clothe with a shirt, or as with a shirt.

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Shirt Quotations

This shirt is dry clean only. Which means... it's dirty.
Mitch Hedberg

An income tax form is like a laundry list - either way you lose your shirt.
Fred Allen

I love my work with a frenetic and perverse love, as an ascetic loves the hair shirt which scratches his belly.
Gustave Flaubert

Did you know babies are nauseated by the smell of a clean shirt?
Jeff Foxworthy

You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then your skin and finally your soul.
Charles de Gaulle

The most difficult thing for me is a portrait. You have to try and put your camera between the skin of a person and his shirt.
Henri Cartier-Bresson

And I was victim to that very early in my career, where I would go into auditions, and I'd be wearing a big T shirt, a big baggy T shirt and loose jeans. You know, to try and show people that there was more to me than just that.
Charlize Theron

Beware of the naked man who offers you his shirt.
Navjot Singh Sidhu

I was a tough kid with the jeans, the concert shirt with the flannel over it, the comb in the back pocket and the feathered hair.
Cameron Diaz

I have always wanted to act ever since I was a little girl. I would put a blanket under my shirt and pretend that I was pregnant. Then, I would go through childbirth.
Dakota Fanning

I've never got on with the British press because they've always given me such a hard time. Once they build a band up they just want to do people down. They shouldn't concentrate on the colour of someone's shirt they should listen to the music.
Andrew Eldritch

You know, I've got a confession to make myself. I'm not really a priest, I've just got my shirt on backwards.
Ryan Stiles

I'm not going to take my shirt off in every movie.
Morris Chestnut

These thieves defend themselves by saying, 'I was there all the time, and the officials missed me.' Favorite excuses for missing surveillance checkpoints: jacket covered the number took off the shirt with the number hidden in a crowd.
Joe Henderson

If you want to have clean ideas, change them as often as your shirt.
Francis Picabia

The loss of wealth is loss of dirt, as sages in all times assert; The happy man's without a shirt.
John Heywood

Doubts are like stains on a shirt. I like shirts with stains, because when I'm given a shirt that's too clean, one that's completely white, I immediately start having doubts.
Antonio Tabucchi

Well, you know, it's been interesting because an album is just a snapshot of where you are at that time. Not all pictures of everybody are just in jeans and a 'T' shirt, or a ball gown. You have many different sides and this is a snapshot of where you are at that time.
Diana Krall

The problem is, when you come back in you're sweating, so I wait until the very last minute before putting on my shirt so that it's not covered in sweat.
Paul Ince

It's like all guys want to do is make a dunk, grab their shirt and yell out and scream - they could be down 30 points but that's what they do. Okay, so you made a dunk. Get back down the floor on defense!
Oscar Robertson

It's just an ice bucket with a bottle in it. The two flute glasses are little tray. I got to shut the curtains. I'm in my boxer shorts and shirt. I'm going to take a bath and go to bed. But I want to shut the blinds so it's really dark in the room.
Danny DeVito

I didn't want to wear a checked shirt and grow a mustache - that's what you had to do, and everyone did.
Neil Tennant

To me the work is so much more interesting, the parts that don't require you just to take your shirt off.
Morris Chestnut

To be on television and have my nieces and nephews see me, and seeing them wear my shirt to the games and be proud, it's so sweet. Sometimes it feels like it's just a dream.
Sue Wicks

I was making out with this woman, and my shirt was off, and she leaned over and, in a really cute, girly voice, went, 'Hey, fatty!'
Jason Segel

The most attention I get is in a book store or video shop when I go to the foreign film section. Sometimes that can be fun, but usually those women want to talk about philosophy or something very dense. It's not like they're tearing off my shirt, you know.
Tobey Maguire

When I found out I had to take off my shirt in 'Teen' movie, I panicked and hit the gym. I was like, 'It's going to be on film, documented, for my children to see. I can't be 140 pounds. I need to put on a little bit of muscle.'
Chris Evans

When I wear the national team shirt, its sole contact with my skin makes it stand on an end.
Diego Maradona

To see my country lose a football match is very hard for someone who has worn the shirt.
Diego Maradona

I felt that I ostracized myself by my behavior, by the past, by living with all the regrets of my mistakes, that I sort of wore a hair shirt and beat myself up most of the day thinking and regretting why did I make such a mistake? Why have I made so many mistakes?
Sarah Ferguson

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Shirt Translations

shirt in Afrikaans is hemp
shirt in Danish is skjorte
shirt in Dutch is overhemd
shirt in Finnish is paita
shirt in French is liquette
shirt in German is Hemd
shirt in Hungarian is mez, ing
shirt in Italian is camicia
shirt in Portuguese is camisa
shirt in Spanish is camiseta, camisa
shirt in Swedish is skjorta

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