Meanings
- pluralplural onlyA style of sunglasses which have frames containing horizontal slats as opposed to tinted lenses.
"Never trust anything you read online," Tanya said, pushing up her shutter shades.
2012, Alec Nevala-Lee, The Icon Thief, Signet, →ISBNSynonyms: Kanye glasses
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA style of sunglasses which have frames containing horizontal slats as opposed to tinted lenses.
Origin
From the trademarked name of a brand of sunglasses created by Shutter Shades, Inc., in 2007. Similar louvered/slatted sunglasses which existed as early as the 1950s and were popular in the 1980s were known by other names, such as "Venetian blinders".
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shutter shades. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shutter%20shades
“shutter shades.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shutter%20shades. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shutter shades,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shutter%20shades.
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