shirtless

English

A shirtless man.

Etymology

From shirt +‎ -less.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɝtləs/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɜːtləs/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Hyphenation: shirt‧less
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)tləs

Adjective

shirtless (comparative more shirtless, superlative most shirtless)

1. Without a shirt.

   a shirtless wardrobe

   shirtless sunbathing

2. (chiefly of a man) Not wearing a shirt; having a bare torso, barechested
3. (idiomatic) Very poor. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Derived terms

• scared shirtless
• shirtlessly
• shirtlessness

Translations

not wearing a shirt

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 赤膊 (zh) (chìbó)

• Esperanto: senĉemiza
• French: torse nu (fr)
• German: mit nacktem Oberkörper
• Icelandic: ber að ofan
• Japanese: 上半身裸
• Swedish: barbröstad (sv)