tuxedo

Noun

Meaning

A typically black formal jacket worn by men.

The entire suit complementing and including this jacket.

Ellipsis of tuxedo cat.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

cape blazer mackinaw trousseau suit jacket pea mink frock costume ulster overcoat slicker black tie topcoat
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Hypernyms

clothing evening dress formalwear eveningwear evening clothes

Related terms

Tuxedo Park

Phrases with the word

in a tuxedo exact tuxedo full tuxedo high tuxedo normal tuxedo tuxedo shirt

Examples

Take opera for example - to go to the opera you have to dress up in a tuxedo and pay lots of money. Wim Wenders

You put a tuxedo on me, it's like putting a saddle on a hog. Bob Parsons

I don't have a tuxedo that fits anymore because my chest and my biceps are too big. Charlie Sheen

I think the first time I ever wore a tuxedo was when I played at the Talk Of The Town in 1967, because it was a nightclub and that was the thing to do. Tom Jones

People think I wake up in the morning and put on a tuxedo. Bryan Ferry

Did you ever get the feeling that the world was a tuxedo and you were a pair of brown shoes? George Gobel

Close letter words and terms

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