sleeve

Definition

  • noun: the part of a shirt, jacket, etc., that covers all or part of your arm
  • noun: a part of a garment covering an arm
  • synonyms: to laugh up one's sleeve, to hang on the sleeve of

Examples

  • Many politicians wear religion 'on their sleeves'. [=show their religious beliefs in a very open way]

  • The mayor's critics were 'laughing up their sleeves' when news of the scandal was first reported.

  • He 'wears his emotions/heart on his sleeve'. [=his emotions are easy to see]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) in two-foot pieces. Count two foot as long as your arm. Be careful. What's so special about that shirt you'd lose your pistol for it? It's got a wolf's eye sewn into the sleeve. More protection than a bullet ever gave. Tom swears by it. Tom said he wasn't your daddy. He's the closest thing to (..)
    2012 Mud