blouse
noun /blaʊz/
/blaʊs/
Idioms - a piece of clothing like a shirt, worn by womenTopics Clothes and Fashionb1
enlarge imageOxford 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.
Idioms
a big girl’s blouse
- (British English, informal) a weak man, who is not brave or confident