sweatshirt

American  

[swet-shurt] / ˈswɛtˌʃɜrt /

Or sweat shirt

noun

• sweatshirts
  plural

1. a loose, long-sleeved, collarless pullover of soft, absorbent fabric, as cotton jersey, with close-fitting or elastic cuffs and sometimes a drawstring at the waist, commonly worn during athletic activity for warmth or to induce sweating.

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sweatshirt British  

/ ˈswɛtˌʃɜːt /

noun

1. a long-sleeved knitted cotton sweater worn by athletes, etc

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• sweatshirts
  plural

Etymology

Origin of sweatshirt

First recorded in 1920–25; sweat + shirt

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

sweatshirt sweatshirts

Jeff emailed and another sweatshirt was sent, but the correspondence between him and the band's singer, Michael Hett, continued - and it was he who suggested the couple should visit.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

She also paired Samira’s Howard University sweatshirt with biker shorts a la Princess Diana.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026

Dr. Becky, wearing the Gi sweatshirt again, instructs: “We have to understand before we intervene.”

From Slate ● May 10, 2026

She was clad in a sweatshirt and bleary from the early hour.

From Salon ● Mar. 24, 2026

Yank the sweatshirt over my head and drop it on the floor.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day

A plainspoken veteran with a dense beard and a closet full of grimy sweatshirts, Platner fit the bill.

From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2026

About a five-minute walk away, though, there is a merch store selling CrimeCon-branded gifts, shot glasses and $80 sweatshirts.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026

After a visit home, I returned to campus with a stockpile, like a confectionery smuggler crossing state lines with sugary contraband stuffed between sweatshirts in my suitcase.

From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2026

“We got on these cotton sweatshirts and cotton sweatpants,” he recalled.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025

It was one of the kids with the skull sweatshirts.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix