1
: a knee-length pleated skirt usually of tartan worn by men in Scotland and by Scottish regiments in the British armies
2
: a garment that resembles a Scottish kilt
kilted; kilting; kilts
1
chiefly dialectal
: to tuck up (something, such as a skirt)
2
: to equip with a kilt
: to move nimbly
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Charmaine Patterson, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Jess shows everyone the photo: Martine is laying down on the bathroom floor and Kyle’s kilt is still on.
—Emma Soren, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2025
There are, of course, bagpipes spouting off, clan skirmishes, muddy games and critter hunts, and kilts and scheming aplenty.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2025
Open six days a week, the museum gives a crash course in traditional Scottish Highlands dress with tartans and kilts dating back the 17000s.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 5 Aug. 2025
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Noun
Their festivities were also sprinkled with kilts and Guinness beer.
—Charmaine Patterson, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Jess shows everyone the photo: Martine is laying down on the bathroom floor and Kyle’s kilt is still on.
—Emma Soren, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2025
There are, of course, bagpipes spouting off, clan skirmishes, muddy games and critter hunts, and kilts and scheming aplenty.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2025
Open six days a week, the museum gives a crash course in traditional Scottish Highlands dress with tartans and kilts dating back the 17000s.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 5 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for kilt
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“Kilt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kilt. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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