Hawaiian shirt

noun

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

Examples of Hawaiian shirt in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Night out Kelce debuted a new look when he was photographed holding hands with Swift while sporting a Hawaiian shirt and a mustache while the pair were out together in New York in October 2024. — Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026

If a Piña Colada is a Hawaiian shirt, garish and lurid, then the Coco de Agua is a white linen suit—still rum, lime, and coconut, but clean and fitted. — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 27 June 2026

When a mysterious man in a Hawaiian shirt (Joseph Tudisco) comes up behind Ron brandishing a pipe, the show’s right to take its mood so seriously — even about something as potentially trivial as chairs, and even about a protagonist as potentially trivial as Ron. — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 9 June 2026

Cheeks pink with excitement, curly hair flowing and a Hawaiian shirt covered in vegetables over his shoulders, Broccoli Guy has become one of the viral moments of the postseason. — Molly Keshin, New York Times, 31 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1952, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for Hawaiian shirt

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