jean shorts

plural noun

: shorts made of denim or jean

She was … wearing a white T-shirt and ripped jean shorts …

—Vanity Fair

The shop has jean shorts in different shades of blue as well as black and pink.

—Joanne Berger DuMound

called also jorts

Examples of jean shorts in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This past weekend, Stewart, while promoting her film, The Wrong Girls, sported a pair of medium-wash cutoff jean shorts, worn low-slung across her hips and landing just above her knees. — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 17 Aug. 2026

The model is clad in light-wash cut-off jean shorts, a navy blue T-shirt, and white sneakers, with her hair up un a claw clip. — Christina Perrier, InStyle, 5 Aug. 2026

Furnish also opted for a white tee, jean shorts and hat, while John wore a colorful button-up top, purple shorts and a pair of chunky magenta glasses. — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 1 Aug. 2026

Easily style it with a flowy summer dress, a bathing suit and cover-up, casual jean shorts and a T-shirt, or with a little black dress. — Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 14 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1946, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for jean shorts

• aborts
• airports
• comports
• consorts
• distorts
• exhorts
• imports
• outports
• passports
• purports
• rapports
• reports