shire | (noun) British breed of large heavy draft horse | Synonyms: shire horse |
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(noun) a former administrative district of England; equivalent to a county | - |
shirk | (verb) avoid dealing with | - |
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(verb) avoid (one's assigned duties) | Synonyms: fiddle, goldbrick, shrink from |
shirker | (noun) a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime) | Synonyms: slacker |
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shirking | (noun) the evasion of work or duty | Synonyms: goldbricking, goofing off, slacking, soldiering |
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shirr | (verb) bake (eggs) in their shells until they are set | - |
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shirring | (noun) baking shelled eggs | - |
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shirt | (noun) a garment worn on the upper half of the body | - |
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(verb) put a shirt on | - |
shirtdress | (noun) a dress that is tailored like a shirt and has buttons all the way down the front | - |
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shirtfront | (noun) a man's detachable insert (usually starched) to simulate the front of a shirt | Synonyms: dickey, dickie, dicky |
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(noun) the front of a shirt (usually the part not covered by a jacket) | - |
shirting | (noun) any of various fabrics used to make men's shirts | - |
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shirtlifter | (noun) a homosexual man | Synonyms: gay man |
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shirtmaker | (noun) a maker of shirts | - |
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shirtsleeve | (noun) the sleeve of a shirt | - |
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shirtsleeves | (noun) not wearing a jacket | - |
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shirttail | (noun) fabric forming the tail of a shirt | - |
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(noun) a brief addendum at the end of a newspaper article | - |
shirtwaist | (noun) a blouse with buttons down the front | Synonyms: shirtwaister |
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shirtwaister | (noun) a blouse with buttons down the front | Synonyms: shirtwaist |
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shirty | (adjective) (British informal) ill-tempered or annoyed | Synonyms: snorty |
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