SHIRTFRONT

dickey, dickie, dicky, shirtfront

(noun) a man’s detachable insert (usually starched) to simulate the front of a shirt

shirtfront

(noun) the front of a shirt (usually the part not covered by a jacket); “he had spilled catsup on his shirtfront”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

shirtfront (plural shirtfronts)

The front part of a shirt.

A detachable insert that simulates the front of a shirt.

(cricket) A pitch that is easy to bat on.

(Australian rules football) A head-on charge aimed at bumping an opponent to the ground.

(real estate, slang) An attractive facade applied only to the front of a house.

Verb

shirtfront (third-person singular simple present shirtfronts, present participle shirtfronting, simple past and past participle shirtfronted)

(transitive, AU, politics) To confront in a threatening manner.

Source: Wiktionary



RESET




Word of the Day

9 June 2025

HERMAPHRODITE

(noun) one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made


coffee icon

Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.

coffee icon