Hawaiian shirt

noun

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

called also Aloha shirt

Examples of Hawaiian shirt in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This tells you how incredible our crew and production staff were — three-fourths of them showed up to the karaoke bar in Hawaiian shirts in solidarity. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026

He is known for his trademark Hawaiian shirts, cargo shorts, and sandals. — Bydavid Schepp, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026

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

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