"shirtfront" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-shirtfront.ogg [Australia] Forms: shirtfronts [plural]
Etymology: shirt + front Etymology templates: {{compound|en|shirt|front}} shirt + front Head templates: {{en-noun}} shirtfront (plural shirtfronts)
  1. The front part of a shirt. Categories (topical): Clothing Translations (the front part of a shirt): нагръдник (nagrǎdnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), cós [masculine] (Galician), fale dé c'mînse [Jersey, feminine] (Norman), pieptar [neuter] (Romanian), peto [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-shirtfront-en-noun-62C5rYu8 Disambiguation of Clothing: 36 26 11 10 14 4 Disambiguation of 'the front part of a shirt': 79 16 1 1 3
  2. A detachable insert that simulates the front of a shirt.
    Sense id: en-shirtfront-en-noun-6g6mJ5QX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 36 36 9 16
  3. (cricket) A pitch that is easy to bat on. Categories (topical): Cricket
    Sense id: en-shirtfront-en-noun-Cfk3PK2D Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 36 36 9 16 Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  4. (Australian rules football) A head-on charge aimed at bumping an opponent to the ground. Categories (topical): Australian rules football
    Sense id: en-shirtfront-en-noun-94BHDLcf
  5. (real estate, slang) An attractive facade applied only to the front of a house. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Real estate
    Sense id: en-shirtfront-en-noun-dW08ydZ~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 36 36 9 16 Topics: business, real-estate

Verb

Audio: en-au-shirtfront.ogg [Australia] Forms: shirtfronts [present, singular, third-person], shirtfronting [participle, present], shirtfronted [participle, past], shirtfronted [past]
Etymology: shirt + front Etymology templates: {{compound|en|shirt|front}} shirt + front Head templates: {{en-verb}} shirtfront (third-person singular simple present shirtfronts, present participle shirtfronting, simple past and past participle shirtfronted)
  1. (transitive, Australia, politics) To confront in a threatening manner. Tags: Australia, transitive Categories (topical): Politics
    Sense id: en-shirtfront-en-verb-P7zxq5hC Categories (other): Australian English Topics: government, politics

Inflected forms

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