sweatshirt

noun

sweat·​shirt ˈswet-ˌshərt 

: a loose collarless pullover or jacket usually of heavy cotton jersey

Examples of sweatshirt in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The gunman, who was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and black shorts with flowers printed on them ran off down Marcy Ave. —Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 20 June 2025

There’s one only visible through a peephole hidden behind a panel on a wall, and there’s even one printed on a yellow sweatshirt mixed in with a sea of white button-down shirts on a conveyor belt in the laundry. —Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 17 June 2025

Vivian stood on her dad's other side, wearing a white sweatshirt. —Charna Flam, People.com, 16 June 2025

Peotone police said people in masks and wearing hooded sweatshirts and gloves entered five businesses on Cicero Avenue and two business in the historic downtown at about 5 a.m. June 9. —Dennis Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1925, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for sweatshirt

• alert
• assert
• avert
• dessert
• divert
• evert
• exert
• inert
• insert
• invert
• nightshirt
• overt

Kids Definition

sweatshirt

noun

sweat·​shirt -ˌshərt 

: a loose collarless usually long-sleeved pullover or jacket of soft absorbent material