Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: blouse
IPA transcription: [bl'aʊs]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: blouse
    Meaning: a top worn by women
Usage examples
  • Where had he obtained that blouse?
  • She turned her back, pulling a thin blouse down from her neck.
  • His clean blouse was ruined for that time and the pies for all time.
  • And cutting out a blouse by differential calculus is weary, uphill work for a high-school teacher.
  • He produced from a belt beneath his blouse a wicked-looking knife, and the manager opened his mouth to shout.
  • He wore a blouse waist, a short jacket and knickerbockers. Under his arm he held an old umbrella that was as tall as he was.
  • I have to dress pretty well in my business." She took off her jacket and sat more at ease in her blouse, of some soft, flimsy silk.
  • It has been established by the testimony of two or three carters who met him, that he was carrying a bundle; that he was dressed in a blouse.
  • No one ever found out. But an aged workman had died in the infirmary of the factory a few days before, leaving behind him nothing but his blouse.
  • He put his hand inside his blouse and Milburgh watched him fascinated, but he produced nothing more deadly than a silver cigarette-case, which he opened.