Synonyms of the word shirtfront


SHIRTFRONTDICKEY - DICKIE - DICKY - FRONT - INSERT - INSET

shirtfront

  • n. The front part of a shirt.
  • n. A detachable insert that simulates the front of a shirt.
  • n. (cricket) A term used in cricket to refer to a pitch that is easy to bat on.
  • n. (Australian rules football) A head-on charge aimed at bumping an opponent to the ground.
  • v. (transitive, Australia, politics) To confront in a threatening manner.

dickey

  • n. Alternative form of dicky.
  • adj. Alternative form of dicky.

dickie

  • n. A false shirt-front sometimes worn with a tuxedo.

dicky

  • n. (colloquial) A louse.
  • n. (Cockney rhyming slang) Dicky dirt = a shirt, meaning a shirt with a collar.
  • n. A detachable shirt front, collar or bib.
  • n. (slang, dated) A hat, especially (in the US) a stiff hat or derby, and (in the UK) a straw hat.
  • n. (dated) A seat behind a carriage, for a servant.
  • n. (dated) A seat in a carriage, for the driver.
  • n. (India) The luggage storage compartment of a sedan/saloon style car.
  • n. A small bird; a dicky-bird.
  • n. (idiomatic, Britain, in negative constructions) An insignificant sound or thing; dicky-bird.
  • n. (Britain, military slang) A pilot.
  • n. (Britain, dialect) A hedge sparrow.
  • n. (Britain, dialect) A donkey.
  • n. A haddock.
  • adj. (colloquial) doubtful, troublesome; in poor condition.
  • adj. (informal, vulgar) like a dick, foolish or obnoxious.

front

  • n. The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves.
  • n. The side of a building with the main entrance.
  • n. A field of activity.
  • n. A person or institution acting as the public face of some other, covert group.
  • n. (meteorology) The interface or transition zone between two airmasses of different density, often resulting…
  • n. (military) An area where armies are engaged in conflict, especially the line of contact.
  • n. (military) The lateral space occupied by an element measured from the extremity of one flank to the extremity…
  • n. (military) The direction of the enemy.
  • n. (military) When a combat situation does not exist or is not assumed, the direction toward which the command…
  • n. (obsolete) A major military subdivision of the Soviet Army.
  • n. (informal) An act, show, façade, persona: an intentional and false impression of oneself.
  • n. (historical) That which covers the foremost part of the head: a front piece of false hair worn by women.
  • n. The most conspicuous part.
  • n. (obsolete) The beginning.
  • n. (Britain) a seafront or coastal promenade.
  • n. (obsolete) The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face.
  • n. (slang, hotels, dated) The bellhop whose turn it is to answer a client's call, which is often the word…
  • adj. Located at or near the front.
  • adj. (comparable, phonetics) Of a vowel pronounced near the tip of the tongue.
  • v. (intransitive, dated) To face (on, to); to be pointed in a given direction.
  • v. (transitive) To face, be opposite to.
  • v. (transitive) To face up to, to meet head-on, to confront.
  • v. (transitive) To adorn the front of; to put on the front.
  • v. (phonetics, transitive, intransitive) To pronounce with the tongue in a front position.
  • v. (linguistics, transitive) To move (a word or clause) to the start of a sentence.
  • v. (intransitive, slang) To act as a front (for); to cover (for).
  • v. (transitive) To lead or be the spokesperson of (a campaign, organisation etc.).
  • v. (transitive, colloquial) To provide money or financial assistance in advance to.
  • v. (intransitive) To assume false or disingenuous appearances.
  • v. (transitive) To deceive or attempt to deceive someone with false or disingenuous appearances (on).
  • v. To appear before, as in to front court.

insert

  • v. (transitive) To put in between or into.
  • n. An image inserted into text.
  • n. A promotional leaflet inserted into a magazine, newspaper, etc.
  • n. (linguistics) An expression, such as "please" or an interjection, that may occur at various points in…
  • n. (genetics) A sequence of DNA inserted into another DNA molecule.

inset

  • v. (transitive) To set in; infix or implant.
  • v. (transitive) To insert something.
  • v. (transitive) To add an inset to something.
  • n. a smaller thing set into a larger thing; such as a small picture inside a larger one.
  • n. anything inserted.
  • n. a small piece of material used to strengthen a garment.

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