muscle shirt

noun

: a close-fitting usually sleeveless T-shirt

Examples of muscle shirt in a Sentence

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Talk show host Phil McGraw spoke immediately after professional wrestler Hulk Hogan, who wore his signature bandanna over his highlighter yellow hair, sunglasses and a muscle shirt. Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2024 Converse sneakers, navy blue utility pants, and a white No Doubt muscle shirt with red bra straps peeking out. Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 14 Apr. 2024 In his sleeveless muscle shirt, Shelton came out smacking his high-rate lefty serves. Howard Fendrich, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2023 Chicken mask, muscle shirt and a crown or tiara. Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 30 Oct. 2020 An undercover detective spotted a Black man wearing black shorts and a white muscle shirt running several blocks south of the bank when offices initially arrived on scene, according to the press release. Garfield Hylton, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2023 The muscle shirt is just one of several outlandish and expertly curated outfits worn by Williams over the years. Leah Dolan, CNN, 26 May 2022 For all these reasons, raiding the household toolbox for the adjustable wrench and figuring out how to remove your kickstand is a rite of passage, as time-honored as taking scissors to sleeves and making your first muscle shirt. Eben Weiss, Outside Online, 16 Nov. 2021 According to Barnes, McGee was last seen wearing a muscle shirt. William Sanders, Arkansas Online, 11 Apr. 2021

Word History

First Known Use

1955, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of muscle shirt was in 1955

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“Muscle shirt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/muscle%20shirt. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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muscle shirt

noun
: a close-fitting usually sleeveless T-shirt
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