: a pair of shorts made to resemble a skirt (as with an overlapping front panel)

Examples of skort in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The skort offers countless outfit combinations. Birdie Woven Skort Orig. Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 19 June 2024 For a game of pickleball: A cropped shirt and a tennis skort. Sara Beth Bolin, USA TODAY, 22 May 2024 Not to be confused with the pants skirt, which is more ambling and soft, the skort is a hybrid item, combining a miniskirt (in many cases, a microskirt) with a pair of shorts underneath. Selene Oliva, Glamour, 5 May 2024 Loewe anagram tank $490 NET-A-PORTER Loewe Paula’s Ibiza Embellished Canvas Shorts There is something about a skort that gets me everytime. Gab Waller, Vogue, 12 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for skort 

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Word History

Etymology

blend of skirt entry 1 and shorts

First Known Use

1951, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of skort was in 1951

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“Skort.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skort. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.

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