shorts
n. C / Un. a type of clothing you wear on the bottom half of your body that ends at or above your knees. You usually wear them in hot weather or for sports.
n. a garment worn on the lower half of the body, covering the hips and thighs but not the full length of the legs.
I wear shorts and a t-shirt when it is hot outside.
The school allows students to wear navy blue shorts during the summer term instead of long trousers.
While traditionally viewed as casual attire, tailored shorts have increasingly appeared in professional settings when paired with structured blazers and appropriate footwear.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.? Proto-Germanic *skertaną Proto-Germanic *skurtaz Proto-West Germanic *skurt Old English sċort Middle English schort English short Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English shorts From short + -s.
Plural in form; when used as a countable noun, it requires the classifier 'pair of' (e.g., 'three pairs of shorts').
I bought a new short yesterdayI bought a new pair of shorts yesterdayThe word is a plurale tantum; it must be plural or used with 'pair of' even when referring to one item.