Aloha shirt

noun

variants or aloha shirt

plural Aloha shirts or aloha shirts

: a usually short-sleeved sport shirt with a colorful pattern : hawaiian shirt

Combining the young islander's love for colorful clothing with the tourist's desire to bring home keepsakes of their holidays on the islands, the Aloha shirt enjoyed massive popularity, particularly after the conclusion of the second World War.

—Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art

Word History

First Known Use

1936, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for Aloha shirt

• alert
• assert
• avert
• dessert
• divert
• evert
• exert
• inert
• insert
• invert
• nightshirt
• overt