A-shirt

noun

An athletic shirt or a similarly cut undershirt.

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Meanings

nounA-shirt (plural A-shirts)

plural A-shirts

  1. An athletic shirt or a similarly cut undershirt.

    1981-1982, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure T sits up & pulls a sleeveless A-shirt on--one of the sexiest garments I know.

    1 more example

    Sonny had removed his jacket and collared shirt and sat in his A-shirt and trousers with a Lucky Strike behind his ear.

    2019, Dan Cushman, Brian Townsley, Frederick Nebel, Black Mass (Spring 2018)

    Synonyms: beater, wife beater, Guinea tee, diego tee, dago tee, vest, string vest, semmit

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn athletic shirt or a similarly cut undershirt.

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beaterwife beaterGuinea teediego teedago teeveststring vestsemmitsinglet
Also see
wifebeater

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 運動背心 /运动背心
  • 運動背心 /运动背心 (yùndòng bèixīn)athletic shirt
Czech tílko
  • tílkoathletic shirt
French marcel, maillot
  • marcelathletic shirt
  • maillotathletic shirt
Cite this entry
APA

A-shirt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/A-shirt

MLA

“A-shirt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/A-shirt. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “A-shirt,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/A-shirt.

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