sweatshirt

American  

[swet-shurt] / ˈswɛtˌʃɜrt /

Or sweat shirt

noun

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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Etymology

Origin of sweatshirt

First recorded in 1920–25; sweat + shirt

Example Sentences

You walk up to a bunch of nice people in Hoosiers sweatshirts and you make the following, startling announcement:

From The Wall Street Journal

She’s wearing tight jeans, heels and a baggy Harvard hoodie and twirls the sweatshirt’s drawstrings in her fingers as she speaks.

From Los Angeles Times

There are tiny purple drops of what looks like grape juice all over the sweatshirt.

From Literature

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

From The Wall Street Journal

His date, whom he had been seeing for a couple of months, showed up in black Lululemon leggings, an oversize gray sweatshirt and dirty Nike Air Forces.

From The Wall Street Journal