Dictionary entry
Shirtiest
Pronunciation
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Myanmar Meaning
(Adj[sup]) shirty
Definition
shirty /'ʃɜ:ti/ adj ~ (with sb/sth) ( infml esp Brit ) ေဒါသ ျဖစ္ေသာ။ ကြၽဲၿမီးတိုေသာ။ Don't get shirty with me!
Examples
- ‘Let's briefly savour the delicious irony of a magazine for advertising executives getting shirty because someone has ‘grabbed the money and run’.’
- ‘I reckoned if they decided to get shirty and chuck me out
- the gig was over anyway
- so what did I have to lose?’
- ‘Suppose Toby's saying something shirty to his boss makes his boss feel that he may have to take a difficult decision about him.’
- ‘But the most disturbing aspect of his investigation is the way it has taken a celebrity chef to get shirty before anyone seems to have noticed what we are feeding our children.’
- ‘My own husband
- who is more realistic about his profession than most
- gets a little shirty when I express myself so bluntly.’
- ‘He got very shirty
- and there were even legal threats.’
- ‘He'd get a wee bit shirty
- like you'd just spat on his baby
- and tell you that we'd be finished in a few minutes so we'd best just press on ahead.’
- ‘The script in these situations normally follows a rather different plot: a diver receives treatment
- argues the toss
- gets a bit shirty
- and jumps back in the water after a row with the boat skipper.’
- ‘Nowadays the scourge of the left
- he regards liberals as the first cousins of communists and gets shirty whenever anyone reminds him that once upon a time he was a Black Panther groupie.’
- ‘No matter what pressure you're under do not get shirty.’
- ‘My husband got a bit shirty on Friday night when I had a group of friends round for dinner.’
- ‘I couldn't stand there and risk someone being a bit shirty with him so I touched him lightly on the arm and indicated that he should stand on the right.’
- ‘We know a family when we see it
- but get quite shirty when someone else tries to tell us how it should operate.’
- ‘As lazy and uninspired a choice it is to just remake an old film or TV series
- this trend does has one hilarious plus point - all the old stars keep getting all shirty about being replaced.’
- ‘Would his publisher get shirty if he signed an electronic contract?’
- ‘Funny enough
- if I ask other people about their reasons for watching/reading the news
- they get shirty and look at me like I'm crazy. ‘It's important to be informed!’’
- ‘Some friendly letters come back and these horrible bigots get shirty and make remarks about teeth
- for Christ's sake.’
- ‘Her boss got quite shirty with me; until I started asking who her boss is so I could make a complaint.’