shirt-front

verb

To knock down an opponent by colliding with them chest-to-chest (Australian rules football) or tackle them by grabbing their chest by their shirt front and wrestling them to the ground (rugby league football).

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Meanings

verbshirt-front (third-person singular simple present shirt-fronts, present participle shirt-fronting, simple past and past participle shirt-fronted)

present singular third person shirt-fronts · participle present shirt-fronting · participle past shirt-fronted · past shirt-fronted

  1. hobbiesTo knock down an opponent by colliding with them chest-to-chest (Australian rules football) or tackle them by grabbing their chest by their shirt front and wrestling them to the ground (rugby league football).
  2. To aggressively threaten an opponent by standing toe to toe with them while or before verbally or physically abusing them.
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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