redshirt is a valid English word

Scrabble validity: valid ( international - Sowpods, US - Twl06 )
iScramble validity: invalid
QuickWords validity: invalid

Meanings

Noun (COUNTABLE)

Singular Plural
redshirt redshirts
    (US collegiate sports) An athlete who spends a year not participating in official athletic activities, but does not lose his or her eligibility to participate in following years.
    (fiction science fiction) An unimportant character introduced only to be killed in order to underscore the peril to the important characters; an expendable character.
    • Sensing danger, Captain Kirk decided to beam down to the surface with Spock, McCoy, and a couple of redshirts.
    (US navy) A person responsible for loading and unloading weapons, artillery, and equipment from aircraft.

Verb

Verb Present simple 3sg Present participle Past simple Past participle
redshirt redshirts redshirting redshirted redshirted
    (US collegiate sports) To place an athlete in a status wherein the athlete will spend a year not participating in official athletic activities, but will not lose his or her eligibility to participate in following years.
    • The university decided to redshirt the freshman linebacker to give him an extra year to build up his bulk.
    (US collegiate sports) To take on a status wherein one will spend a year not participating in official athletic activities.
    (US) To hold a child out of kindergarten for one year in the hope that the child will do better academically and socially.

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redshirt is not an iScramble, QuickWords valid word

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