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n. A type of shorts designed for use in gym class, worn more generally by various jocks
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Gym shorts are an article of clothing typically worn by people when exercising. They are typically made out of fabrics that allow for maximum comfort and ease, such as nylon. Brands such as Nike, Under Armour, and Reebok all make gym shorts. Cotton gym shorts were made popular by a cheerleading brand called Soffe. Gym shorts or sweatpants are required for many junior high and high school physical education courses.
While gym shorts were traditionally worn by men, from the late 1970s and onward, women began wearing them for better comfort at the gym as well as a modern fashion trend.
Usage examples of "gym shorts".
The night before, my mother nearly fainted when she saw me ironing my gym shorts.
There was a lot of grumbling in the locker room as they gathered up hairbrushes, sweaty shirts, and gym shorts, and began to leave.
With him was Henry Solini, in baggy gym shorts, red, green, and black Marley T-shirt, and rainbow-colored wool Rasta cap.
Chris Hargensen said, unzipping her skirt with a rough jab and reaching for her fashionably frayed green gym shorts.
Marianne, so fastidious in her personal grooming, saw in dismay that Della Rae was partly undressed, in baggy gym shorts that ballooned about her hips and a frayed, grimy-gray bra (what heavy breasts!
In gym shorts, Adidas with no socks, and a tank top, he was turning all heads except for the one across the table from him.
His breath plumed in the cold air, but he was slick with sweat and didn't feel the cold even though all he wore were red gym shorts and high-top Keds and a sleeveless green tee shirt.
Once when I was about thirteen, he ran his small, hairless hand down my back under my shirt from my neck to the waist of my gym shorts, but stopped there because my shorts had no elastic band and I tied them in front with tapes.
While everyone else in our class changed into their gym shorts and sweats and stuff, Hat and I sneaked out of the boys' locker room.
My gym shorts are getting tight but they have an elastic waistband so I can still squeeze into them.
It was almost dark, long past time to leave for the day, and he found his famous patient sitting in his gym shorts in a chair at a makeshift desk in the only empty corner of his room.