Hawaiian shirt

noun

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

Examples of Hawaiian shirt in a Sentence

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Wearing a Hawaiian shirt and yellow beanie, Yanesa is dressed up as Abby, a member of Saja Boys, the evil boy band that's out to destroy the heroic girl band, HUNTR/X. Chloe Veltman, NPR, 24 Aug. 2025 Chiefs coach Andy Reid’s love of Hawaiian shirts is so well-known that he once was featured in a GQ story. Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 19 Aug. 2025 Indonesian action director Timo Tjahjanto leads the new movie with Hawaiian shirt-wearing Hutch and his family, including his ex-FBI agent father (Christopher Lloyd), and his assassin lifestyle-accepting wife Becca (Connie Nielsen). Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025 The man in a blue Hawaiian shirt paced up and down the line of fellow protesters outside the Congress Plaza Hotel on South Michigan Avenue, shouting into a megaphone with the fervor of someone leading the sermon at a megachurch. Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for Hawaiian shirt

Word History

First Known Use

1952, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of Hawaiian shirt was in 1952

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“Hawaiian shirt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Hawaiian%20shirt. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.

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