jean shorts
plural noun
: shorts made of denim or jean
She was … wearing a white T-shirt and ripped jean shorts …—
Vanity Fair
Vanity FairThe shop has jean shorts in different shades of blue as well as black and pink.—Joanne Berger DuMound
Joanne Berger DuMoundcalled also jorts
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Girls wore their jean shorts, tinsel glittering in hair, and boys donned their basketball shorts, artfully paired with socks and sandals.
—Lily Altavena, Freep.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The Bronx rapper posted a clip dancing to the thumping single, which finds her twerking in a pair of jean shorts with a red leather jacket top and strappy blue heels.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 22 Aug. 2025
Many are keeping cool in jean shorts, especially longer styles.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 18 Aug. 2025
The non aesthetic things account shared a video of sorority girls at Arizona State University who were performing in jean shorts, most of them quite short, and cowboy boots.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 15 Aug. 2025
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Lily Altavena, Freep.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The Bronx rapper posted a clip dancing to the thumping single, which finds her twerking in a pair of jean shorts with a red leather jacket top and strappy blue heels.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 22 Aug. 2025
Many are keeping cool in jean shorts, especially longer styles.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 18 Aug. 2025
The non aesthetic things account shared a video of sorority girls at Arizona State University who were performing in jean shorts, most of them quite short, and cowboy boots.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 15 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for jean shorts
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“Jean shorts.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jean%20shorts. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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