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Meaning of "shirty" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SHIRTY

Perhaps based on such phrases as to get someone's shirt out to annoy someone.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SHIRTY

shirty  [ˈʃɜːtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHIRTY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Shirty is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SHIRTY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of shirty in the English dictionary

The definition of shirty in the dictionary is bad-tempered or annoyed.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SHIRTY


AZERTY
əˈzɜːtɪ
beauty
ˈbjuːtɪ
bedirty
bɪˈdɜːtɪ
booty
ˈbuːtɪ
cherty
ˈtʃɜːtɪ
cutie
ˈkjuːtɪ
dirty
ˈdɜːtɪ
Djibouti
dʒɪˈbuːtɪ
duty
ˈdjuːtɪ
flirty
ˈflɜːtɪ
forty
ˈfɔːtɪ
karate
kəˈrɑːtɪ
Marathi
məˈrɑːtɪ
naughty
ˈnɔːtɪ
party
ˈpɑːtɪ
purty
ˈpɜːtɪ
qwerty
ˈkwɜːtɪ
rete
ˈriːtɪ
sortie
ˈsɔːtɪ
thirty
ˈθɜːtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SHIRTY

shirt-lifter
shirt-tail
shirt-tail cousin
shirtband
shirtdress
shirtfront
shirtier
shirtiest
shirtily
shirtiness
shirting
shirtless
shirtmaker
shirtsleeve
shirtsleeved
shirtwaist
shirtwaist dress
shirtwaisted dress
shirtwaister
shish kebab

WORDS THAT END LIKE SHIRTY

arty
birthday party
Christmas party
come to the party
Democratic Party
dinner party
down and dirty
hearty
house party
intellectual property
liberty
poverty
property
public property
shorty
smarty
take the liberty
tea party
third party
top thirty

Synonyms and antonyms of shirty in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «shirty» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SHIRTY

Find out the translation of shirty to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of shirty from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «shirty» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

发怒
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

shirty
570 millions of speakers

English

shirty
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ख़फ़ा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

shirty
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

раздражительным
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

shirty
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ক্রুদ্ধ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

shirty
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Shirty
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

sauer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

shirty
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

shirty
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Shirty
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nổi giận
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

shirty
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बडबड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çabuk sinirlenir
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

shirty
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

shirty
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дратівливим
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

shirty
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

τσαντίλας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

nijdig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

shirty
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

shirty
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of shirty

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SHIRTY»

The term «shirty» is very widely used and occupies the 9.783 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SHIRTY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «shirty» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «shirty» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about shirty

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHIRTY»

Discover the use of shirty in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to shirty and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Once Upon a Time: Using Storytelling, Creative Drama, and ...
Wasn't that a shirty dame! Prinderella dat in the soorway, crobbing and sying till her gairy fodmother, who lived in a laraway fand, heard her and came to see mat was the whatter. “Oh! Gairy Fodmother,” cried Prinderella, “I feel so serribly tad!
Judy Freeman, 2007
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Pun and Games: Jokes, Riddles, Daffynitions, Tairy Fales, ...
Jokes, Riddles, Daffynitions, Tairy Fales, Rhymes, and More Word Play for Kids Richard Lederer. isters. They made her pine all the shots and shans, wean all the clindows, and do all the wirty dirk around the house. Isn't that a shirty dame?
Richard Lederer, 1996
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The Christwire Handbook
Dirty Shirty's rise to fame was done by exploiting and showboating sassy twentysomethingyear-old sex bunnies, dressed in thigh thumping shorts that expose too much leg. In the typical M.O. of Big Hollywood, the owner of Dirty Shirty goes ...
Jack Gould, Bowers III Christwire Flock, 2011
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
Shirty here, I am sorry to say, gives me to understand that, at headquarters, as I am attached to the military chest, and not to the commissariat, I cannot have the pleasure of stretching my legs under your table, when you give a spread. My regret ...
‎1849
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The Edinburgh monthly magazine [afterw.] Blackwood's ...
Shirty here, I am sorry to say, gives me to understand that, at headquarters, as I am attached to the military chest, and not to the commissariat, I cannot have the pleasure of stretching my legs under your table, when you give a spread. My regret ...
‎1849
6
Seriously, Norman!
Shirty,” said Emma. “Norman, you're being shirty, it says so right here in the dictionary. 'Shirty, adjective, ill-tempered.' Don't be so shirty, Norman.” “Be socky,” said Anna. “at's right, say you're socky, Norman,” said Leonard. “All right, all right,  ...
Chris Raschka, 2013
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The Meaning of Existence: And Other Short Stories
Shirty. I have a confession to make: all my work shirts are identical. By this, I don't mean that they're simply the same colour. Rather, they are precisely the same brand and style. They are, for want of a better way of putting it, quintuplets.
Stuart McCullough, 2011
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The Little Book of Christmas Stress
Getting. Shirty. Never keep the receipts for any items of clothing that you buy for friends and relatives. That way the ungrateful swines won't be able to exchange them for something more "their style," "their color," or "their size" the moment your  ...
Rohan Candappa, 2004
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The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
shirty . Angry (temporarily); ill-tempered (by nature); apt to become quickly angered: from late 1850s. Maugham, 1897, Liza of Lambeth, 'You ain't shirty ' cause I kissed yer?' Ex SHIRT OUT.
Eric Partridge, Jacqueline Simpson, 1973
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Get Thee to a Punnery: An Anthology of Intentional Assaults ...
Isn't that a shirty dame? So off went the three sugly isters and the sticked wepmother to the drancy fess ball while Prinderella stayed home. Who should appear but her gairy fodmother, who quickly turned a cumpkin into a poach, four hice into ...
Richard Lederer, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHIRTY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term shirty is used in the context of the following news items.
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EFC in the Community: Blues getting 'shirty' thanks to kit donation
EFC in the Community: Blues getting 'shirty' thanks to kit donation. 10:00, 7 July 2015; By liverpoolecho.co.uk. New strip will be used by players representing ... «Liverpool Echo, Jul 15»
2
Fame and Fortune: It's just ace getting shirty at Wimbledon
JOHN LLOYD, the former British No 1 tennis player and now a BBC commentator, has a passion for $180 (£114) shirts with “personality and pizzazz”, and will be ... «The Sunday Times, Jun 15»
3
Real Madrid get shirty
The new design is similar to the old one and had been on sale for a few days before the club distributed the official images. The first kit is based on the classic ... «MARCA.com, Jun 15»
4
Alan Biggs at Large: Getting shirty shows Dejphon Chansiri is …
There must be ways and means of successfully operating within football's Financial Fair Play obligations or wealthy individuals wouldn't buy football clubs. «The Star, Jun 15»
5
English family shirty at woman over boy's snatched jersey
English family shirty at woman over boy's snatched jersey. May 26, 2015: A UK woman has gone viral after being broadcasted on live TV ripping a football ... «9news.com.au, May 15»
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GCSE pupils get 'shirty' as Morpeth School prepares for graduations
What happens when teenagers in London's East End break up from school for the half-term in the middle of taking their GCSEs before graduation? They sign ... «East London Advertiser, May 15»
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Australian designers are getting shirty for Wool Week
AUSTRALIAN designers have access to the world's best textiles and are getting behind the domestic industry ahead of the Campaign for Wool's Wool Week. «The Daily Telegraph, May 15»
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Getting shirty: how classic strips and winning teams go hand in hand
Getting shirty: how classic strips and winning teams go hand in hand. Bill Shankly knew it, Brian Clough knew it, Don Revie knew it – the correlation between ... «The Guardian, May 15»
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Michael Gannon: Football fans should get shirty about being …
KIT launches signal the start of wallets emptying up and down the land as Maw, Paw and the weans get decked out in the latest ridiculously-priced outfit. «Scottish Daily Record, May 15»
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Watch Mike Tyson get shirty at Mayweather vs Pacquiao weigh-in as …
The former heavyweight champ was sat waiting for Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao to take to the scales ahead of their showdown in Las Vegas later ... «mirror.co.uk, May 15»

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