shirt

Universal Words noun a piece of clothing worn on the upper part of the body, especially by men, made of light fabric, with sleeves, a collar and buttons down the front: to wear a shirt and tie * a short-sleeved shirt seealsoNIGHTSHIRT, STUFFEDSHIRT, SWEATSHIRT, T-SHIRT IDIOMS keep your shirt on (informal) used to tell sb not to get angry: Keep your shirt on! It was only a joke. put your shirt on sb/sth (BrE, informal) to bet all your money on sb/sth: It's a good horse, but I wouldn't put my shirt on it. the shirt off sb's back anything that sb has, including the things they really need themselves, that sb else takes from them or they are willing to give: He was the type of person who would give you the shirt off his back.