Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

blouse

/ˈblaʊ̯s/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.38 in modern English

Syllables: blouse
IPA: /ˈblaʊ̯s/

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A shirt, typically loose and reaching from the neck to the waist.

Obsolete

noun

A shirt for women or girls, particularly a shirt with buttons and often a collar; a dress shirt tailored for women.

noun

A loose-fitting uniform jacket.

noun

A short garment worn under a sari.

Indian usage

noun

a feminine top in gay sex

Slang

verb

To hang a garment in loose folds.

verb

To tuck one's pants/trousers (into one's boots).

verb

The act of hiding contraband, such as drugs or weapons, in one's rectum.

Example Sentences

"She came in now, but to the closet; from it she took a simple skirt and blouse. Picking up her underclothing she departed, obviously to dress somewhere else."
"An anonymous black soldier summed up his feelings by declaring, "If I fail to blouse my boots, or [if I] wear an Afro, I get socked. […]""

Etymology

1828, from French blouse (“a workman's or peasant's smock”), see that for more. More at blee, fold.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: blouse

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈblaʊ̯s/
British English: /ˈblaʊ̯z/

Usage

Inflected Forms

blouses (plural) blouses (present, singular) blousing (participle, present) bloused (participle, past) bloused (past)

Derived Forms

bloused blouseless blouselike blousy downblouse overblouse underblouse deblouse unblouse

Phrases

big girl's blouse girl's blouse middy blouse peasant blouse peekaboo blouse poet blouse Russian blouse shirtwaist blouse

Synonyms

bodice

Antonyms

unblouse

Rhymes With

house in-house mouse spouse klaus strauss grouse rouse gauss haus kraus boathouse

Questions

How do you pronounce blouse?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈblaʊ̯s/.
What does blouse mean?: A shirt, typically loose and reaching from the neck to the waist.
Where does blouse come from?: It is traced to French.

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