track suit

American  

noun

1. a sweat suit, usually with a long-sleeved jacket and long pants, worn by athletes, especially runners, before and after actual competition or during workouts.

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Etymology

Origin of track suit

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

A photo circulated of a humiliated Mr. Maduro in a rumpled track suit and handcuffs in U.S. custody.

From The Wall Street Journal

Seidel went home and put on two layers of clothes, a track suit over a dress suit.

From Literature

He pulled off his muddy track suit and told his wife, “I’m going to be best man at a wedding.”

From Literature

In August 2007, an endless white space appeared on Nickelodeon’s Nick Jr., into which stepped a man wearing an orange track suit and a fuzzy orange hat.

From Los Angeles Times

“On the audition tape, I knew that my Jamaican patois was going to be basic and wrong,” Ben-Adir, a lean, alert 37-year-old dressed in a dark Adidas track suit, said during an interview in a Times Square conference room.

From New York Times