fatigues
See also: fatigués
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /fəˈtiːɡz/
Noun
fatigues
- plural of fatigue
Noun
fatigues pl (plural only)
- (military) Menial duties, especially as punishment.
- Coordinate terms: CB, jankers
- (US) Military clothing worn when doing menial tasks.
- Coordinate terms: khakis, camos, blues
- 1984, William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl; book 1), New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 9:
- He looked up, met gray eyes ringed with paintstick. She was wearing faded French orbital fatigues and new white sneakers.
- 1996, Friends (TV series), "The One Where No One's Ready" [3.02], Act 2, approx. 12 minutes (of 23):
- Ross: … why do you have to wear underwear tonight?
- Joey: It's a rented tux, 'kay? I'm not gonna go commando in another man's fatigues.
- 2019 March 18, Steven Pifer, Five years after Crimea’s illegal annexation, the issue is no closer to resolution, The Center for International Security and Cooperation:
- The little green men were clearly professional soldiers by their bearing, carried Russian weapons, and wore Russian combat fatigues, but they had no identifying insignia. Vladimir Putin originally denied they were Russian soldiers; that April, he confirmed they were.
Derived terms
- battle fatigues
- combat fatigues
Translations
menial military duties
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military clothing
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Verb
fatigues
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fatigue
Catalan
Noun
fatigues
- plural of fatiga
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fa.tiɡ/
Audio (file)
Noun
fatigues f
- plural of fatigue
Anagrams
- fustigea
Portuguese
Verb
fatigues
- second-person singular present subjunctive of fatigar
Spanish
Verb
fatigues
- second-person singular present subjunctive of fatigar