shades

Sun glasses but it sounds cooler.

Person 1; Nice shades
Person 2; Damm straight

by cartman5000 August 6, 2004

shades

sunglasses (always used in the plural)

They had rather tacky looking shades on the shelf.

by The Return of Light Joker May 20, 2011

shades

Insulting name for police in Limerick, Ireland

I committed a crime so I had to hide from the shades

by gaz January 5, 2005

shades

A Limerick word for the Gardai

boys theres Da Shades

by Shannonsider October 17, 2006

shades

Sunglasses, a tanned set of glass (or plastic) sheets, fitted in a structure that rests on your ears and nose, shielding your eyes from bright light.
Often worn by people in summer times.

"That guy has a nice set of shades"

by Ruben "H Hog" van Ophuizen March 24, 2003

shades

A racial slur, coined by racial anthropologist Dr. Andrew H. Eberle after his time at Yale, when upon auditioning for a predominately African American acapella group of the name Shades, did not give him a call back. The term was created on the spot out of Dr. Eberle's frustration, and came to be used to refer to any member of the African American race.

Look at those shades posted up on the corner

by K. Vu October 14, 2007

shades

a local slang term for the cops. not to be confused with sunglasses

"oh bollocks here come the shades drop the weapon and run"

by chadsexington4 October 4, 2006