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

Early in McMurtry’s career, a paramour gave him a sweatshirt that read “Minor Regional Novelist.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

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

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026

Luo wore a long-sleeved sweatshirt, pants, and head covering in the chamber.

From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026

A scruffy-faced Radcliffe, twinkling accessible geniality in jeans and a sweatshirt, zips up and down the cavernous theater as though waging a one-man campaign against the isolation epidemic.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

She wore the Stirling Middle School sweatshirt Benji had given her at the first game.

From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty