Definitions for tuxedos

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tuxedos tux·e·do

Spelling: [tuhk-see-doh]

IPA: /tʌkˈsi doʊ/

Tuxedos is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 146 anagrams from letters in tuxedos (deostux).

Definitions for tuxedos

noun

1. Also called dinner jacket. a man's jacket for semiformal evening dress, traditionally of black or dark-blue color and characteristically having satin or grosgrain facing on the lapels.
2. the complete semiformal outfit, including this jacket, dark trousers, often with silk stripes down the sides, a bow tie, and usually a cummerbund.

Origin of tuxedos

1890-95, Americanism; short for Tuxedo coat, after country club at Tuxedo Park, N.Y.

Examples for tuxedos

Suppose you have had one of your old coats transformed into a tuxedo.

Tom tied a black bow around his collar and put on his tuxedo.

So, can the Canadian tuxedo be blamed for the Britney-Justin love downfall?

A festival flack asked me to move, so that an Italian gentleman in a tuxedo could take my seat.

Ross had donned a tuxedo and pinned a tiny, pink rose in his buttonhole.

The Pote finished his dishwashing and joined us, pulling on an old tuxedo jacket.

His tuxedo was an inch too short and smelled of fried chips.

The tuxedo, Monáe explains, symbolizes control to her: “Superheroes wear the same thing every day, too.”

And Robert Cáceres, 32, says he lost $60 on a Vera Wang tuxedo he tried to buy on Craigslist.

You surely do not intend to wear your tuxedo and a black tie.