- a piece of clothing like a shirt, worn by womenTopics Clothes and Fashionb1Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
- long-sleeved
- short-sleeved
- sleeveless
- …
- button
- button up
- unbutton
- …
Word Originearly 19th cent. (denoting a belted loose garment worn by peasants): from French, of unknown origin.Want to learn more?
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Idioms
See blouse in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarya big girl’s blouse
- (British English, informal) an offensive term for a weak man, who is not brave or confident
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