T-shirt

noun

ˈtē-ˌshərt 

variants or less commonly tee shirt

: a collarless short-sleeved or sleeveless usually cotton undershirt

also : an outer shirt of similar design

T-shirted

ˈtē-ˌshər-təd 

adjective

Examples of T-shirt in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Players wore T-shirts with that number and a caricature of Nugent-Hopkins on it. — CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026

There’s also a hooded jacket, shirts, T-shirts, a cap, shorts and a skateboard in house check, alongside a polo embroidered with a Poland Street graphic. — Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 4 Nov. 2026

Dozens of people were touting bright pink T-shirts and looking down tensely at their cell phones, each running through the list of voters’ phone numbers to asking people to make last-minute plans to get to the polls. — Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2026

The black-and-white palette is easy to match with fall tops, including sweaters and T-shirts. — Nicol Natale, PEOPLE, 2 Nov. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1920, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for T-shirt

• blurt
• chert
• curt
• dirt
• flirt
• girt
• hurt
• peart
• pert
• shirt
• skirt
• spurt

Kids Definition

T-shirt

noun

variants also tee shirt

ˈtē-ˌshərt

1

: a cotton undershirt with short sleeves and no collar

2

: a jersey outer shirt designed like a T-shirt