Blouse (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. a usually lightweight, loose-fitting garment for women and children, covering the body from the neck or shoulders more or less to the waistline, with or without a collar and sleeves, worn inside or outside a skirt, slacks, etc.
  2. a single-breasted, semifitted military jacket.
  3. a loose outer garment, reaching to the hip or thigh, or below the knee, and sometimes belted.
verb (used without object), bloused, blous·ing.
  1. to puff out in a drooping fullness, as a blouse above a fitted waistband.
verb (used with object), bloused, blous·ing.
  1. to dispose the material of a garment in loose folds, as trouser legs over the tops of boots.
noun
  1. a woman's shirtlike garment made of cotton, nylon, etc
  2. a loose-fitting smocklike garment, often knee length and belted, worn esp by E European peasants
  3. a loose-fitting waist-length belted jacket worn by soldiers
verb
  1. to hang or make so as to hang in full loose folds
Blouse (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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