: a pair of shorts made to resemble a skirt (as with an overlapping front panel)

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Pair it with the label’s chic Georgia twisted skort, which includes compressive shorts and two side mesh pockets to easily store your keys and phone. Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 24 Feb. 2025 Items will cover a wide range, including baseball caps, sweatshirts, skorts and duffel bags. Melissa Repko, CNBC, 26 Feb. 2025 This is one of the best workout sets on Amazon; reviewers say this two-piece skort set consistently gains them tons of compliments, which is really just the icing on the cake. Dana Leigh Smith, Glamour, 16 Jan. 2025 Tennis players and golfers (or really, anyone who likes a skort) will appreciate Attraco’s scalloped set. Kristin Canning, SELF, 15 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for skort

Word History

Etymology

blend of skirt entry 1 and shorts

First Known Use

1951, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of skort was in 1951

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“Skort.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skort. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.

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