"muscle shirt" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-muscle shirt.wav Forms: muscle shirts [plural]
Etymology: So called because they display the muscles; these shirts were stereotypically associated with surfers and bodybuilders. Head templates: {{en-noun}} muscle shirt (plural muscle shirts)
  1. (bodybuilding) A sleeveless shirt tailored to display the muscles of the body. Categories (topical): Bodybuilding, Clothing Synonyms: shooter shirt [Southern-US] Related terms: muscle fit Translations (sleeveless shirt tailored to display the muscles of the body): hihaton aluspaita (Finnish), obcisły podkoszulek [masculine] (Polish), regata [feminine] (Portuguese)

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