sports jacket

American  

noun

1. a jacket, often of textured wool or colorful pattern, with a collar, lapels, long sleeves, and buttons in the front, cut somewhat fuller than the jacket of a business suit, worn with slacks for informal occasions.

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sports jacket British  

noun

1. Also called (US, Austral, and NZ): sports coat.  a man's informal jacket, made esp of tweed: worn with trousers of different material

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Example Sentences

Oakley—who still throws on a sports jacket and eschews denim when he’s flying—thinks Duffy’s push is a “noble idea” that likely won’t move the needle as long as flying remains “cheap but unpleasant.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

Milei wrote in his own X post, which included a selfie of the pair, with the president sporting his signature leather bomber and Musk in his Air Force Academy navy sports jacket.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 12, 2024

In each case, the preferred visual of Santos shows him wearing a crewneck sweater under his sports jacket.

From Washington Post • Jan. 24, 2023

The winning sports jacket fabric design will be woven up by HFW and used by Huntsman as a special design in part of their collection.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2023

And we were all encased in formal clothes—Mom in a dress, me in long pants and a sports jacket, with a new tie carefully knotted at my neck.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings

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