gym shorts in English

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{
  "etymology_text": "gym (short for gymnastics) + shorts",
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      "expansion": "gym shorts pl (plural only)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "A type of relatively lightweight shorts with elastic waistbands designed for use in sports and physical activity, especially gym class. The terms basketball shorts and mesh shorts are used nearly synonymously with gym shorts in the United States, despite their different initial usage."
      ],
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          "shorts",
          "shorts"
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        [
          "gym",
          "physical education"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural",
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      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "roman": "je",
          "sense": "type of shorts",
          "word": "(korte) turnbroek"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "type of shorts",
          "word": "Turnhose"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Herndon Monument#Herndon Monument Climb",
        "United States Naval Academy"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "gym shorts"
}

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{
  "etymology_text": "gym (short for gymnastics) + shorts",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "p"
      },
      "expansion": "gym shorts pl (plural only)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English pluralia tantum"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A type of relatively lightweight shorts with elastic waistbands designed for use in sports and physical activity, especially gym class. The terms basketball shorts and mesh shorts are used nearly synonymously with gym shorts in the United States, despite their different initial usage."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shorts",
          "shorts"
        ],
        [
          "gym",
          "physical education"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "plural-only"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Herndon Monument#Herndon Monument Climb",
        "United States Naval Academy"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "roman": "je",
      "sense": "type of shorts",
      "word": "(korte) turnbroek"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "type of shorts",
      "word": "Turnhose"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gym shorts"
}

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"gym shorts" meaning in English

Noun