VOOZH about

URL: https://www.wordreference.com/definition/blouse

⇱ blouse - WordReference.com Dictionary of English

blouse

Listen:
UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈblaʊz/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/blaʊs, blaʊz/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(blous, blouz)

Inflections of 'blouse' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
blouses
v 3rd person singular
deblousing
v pres p
bloused
v past
bloused
v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
blouse /blaʊs, blaʊz/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Clothinga garment, usually for women and children, covering the body from the neck or shoulders to the waistline.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
blouse  (blous, blouz),USA pronunciation n., v., bloused, blous•ing. 
n. 
  1. Clothinga usually lightweight, loose-fitting garment for women and children, covering the body from the neck or shoulders more or less to the waistline, with or without a collar and sleeves, worn inside or outside a skirt, slacks, etc.
  2. Clothing, Militarya single-breasted, semifitted military jacket.
  3. Clothinga loose outer garment, reaching to the hip or thigh, or below the knee, and sometimes belted. Cf. smock frock.

v.i. 
  1. Clothingto puff out in a drooping fullness, as a blouse above a fitted waistband.

v.t. 
  1. Clothingto dispose the material of a garment in loose folds, as trouser legs over the tops of boots.
  • Old High German blōz naked, cognate with Old English bleat poor, miserable
  • French, perh. from the phrase *vêtement de laine blouse garment of short (i.e., uncarded, pure) wool; compare Provencal (lano) blouso pure (wool)
  • 1820–30
blouse′like′, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
blouse /blaʊz/ n
  1. a woman's shirtlike garment made of cotton, nylon, etc
 vb
  1. to hang or make so as to hang in full loose folds
Etymology: 19th Century: from French, of unknown origin
'blouse' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Collocations: where did you get that blouse?, a [shirt, top, jacket] that blouses [above, over] the hip, where is that blouse from?, more...

🗣️Forum discussions with the word(s) "blouse" in the title:

a blouse with panels down either side
a deep vee blouse
Adjective order: short white cotton blouse
Aertex blouse
Big Girl's Blouse
blouse
blouse of my suntans
blouse out
deckpants and a shell blouse
Filling her blouse with
gather up the shed blouse and pants
I wish this blouse would be/would have been
more of a blouse
On what occasions do you wear blouse, and on what occasions do you wear T-shirt
pussy-bow blouse / jacket [pussybow]
she wears/is wearing a blue blouse and a pair of jeans today
she will / is going to make herself a blouse
she's got her blouse cut down to her breakfast
sink blouse
stained her blouse something awful (syntactic analysis)
The girl, who has the red blouse <,> is my sister [comma?]
This adorable little girl in a red peasant blouse
Ties on a blouse or dress

Look up "blouse" at Merriam-Webster
Look up "blouse" at dictionary.com
  • Go to Preferences page and choose from different actions for taps or mouse clicks.

In other languages: Spanish | French | Italian | Portuguese | Romanian | German | Dutch | Swedish | Russian | Polish | Czech | Greek | Turkish | Chinese | Japanese | Korean | Arabic

Advertisements
Advertisements
Report an inappropriate ad.
WordReference.com
WORD OF THE DAY
GET THE DAILY EMAIL!
Become a WordReference Supporter to view the site ad-free.
Firefox users: use search shortcuts for the fastest search of WordReference.
Copyright © 2026 WordReference.com
Please report any problems.