First Known Use: 1955
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redshirt
noun red·shirt \ˈred-ˌshərt\
sports : a college athlete who practices with a team but does not play any official games
Full Definition of REDSHIRT
: a college athlete who is kept out of varsity competition for a year in order to extend eligibility
— redshirt verb
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Origin of REDSHIRT
from the red jersey commonly worn by such a player in practice scrimmages against the regulars
Rhymes with REDSHIRT
advert, alert, assert, avert, bellwort, birthwort, Blackshirt, brownshirt, bush shirt, camp shirt, colewort, concert, convert, covert, desert, dessert, dissert, divert, dress shirt, evert, exert, expert, exsert, figwort, fleawort, glasswort, hair shirt, Hastert, hornwort, inert, insert, invert, lousewort, lungwort, madwort, milkwort, mugwort, nightshirt, outskirt, overt, pay dirt, pervert, pilewort, ragwort, revert, ribwort, saltwort, sandwort, Schubert, seagirt, sea squirt, soapwort, spearwort, spleenwort, stitchwort, stonewort, stuffed shirt, subvert, sweatshirt, toothwort, T-shirt, ungirt
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