fatigues

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UK/fəˈtiːɡz/

noun

Menial duties, especially as punishment.

UncommonScrabble 12

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of fatigue
nounfatigues pl (plural only, attributive fatigue)

attributive fatigue

  1. pluralplural onlygovernmentMenial duties, especially as punishment.
  2. USpluralplural onlyMilitary clothing worn when doing menial tasks.

    He looked up, met gray eyes ringed with paintstick. She was wearing faded French orbital fatigues and new white sneakers.

    1984, William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl; book 1), New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 9
    2 more examples

    Ross: … why do you have to wear underwear tonight? Joey: It's a rented tux, 'kay? I'm not gonna go commando in another man's fatigues.

    1996, Friends (TV series), "The One Where No One's Ready" [3.02], Act 2, approx. 12 minutes (of 23)

    The little green men were clearly professional soldiers by their bearing, carried Russian weapons, and wore Russian combat fatigues, but they had no identifying insignia. Vladimir Putin originally denied they were Russian soldiers; that April, he confirmed they were.

    2019 March 18, Steven Pifer, Five years after Crimea’s illegal annexation, the issue is no closer to resolution, The Center for International Security and Cooperation
verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of fatigue

Translations

Catalan roba militar
  • roba militarmilitary clothing
Dutch gevechtstenue, werkpak
  • gevechtstenuemilitary clothing
  • werkpakmilitary clothing
French treillis
  • treillismilitary clothing
German Arbeitsanzug, Arbeitsuniform
  • Arbeitsanzugmilitary clothing
  • Arbeitsuniformmilitary clothing
  • Tarnanzugmilitary clothing
  • Soldatenkleidungmilitary clothing
Greek αγγαρεία, στολή αγγαρείας
  • αγγαρεία (angareía)menial military duties
  • στολή αγγαρείας (stolí angareías)military clothing
Polish bojówki
  • bojówkimilitary clothing
Russian полевая форма
  • полевая формаmilitary clothing
Spanish traje de faena
  • traje de faenamilitary clothing
Swedish grötrock, grötmundering
  • grötrockmilitary clothing
  • grötmunderingmilitary clothing
  • linneklädermilitary clothing
  • arbetsklädermilitary clothing
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APA

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MLA

“fatigues.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fatigues. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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