sweatshirt

noun

sweat·​shirt ˈswet-ˌshərt How to pronounce sweatshirt (audio)
: a loose collarless pullover or jacket usually of heavy cotton jersey

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Then a mysterious man dressed in a black hooded sweatshirt and black pants entered the ring. Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 8 June 2025 Surveillance photos show one mugger wearing an olive-green hooded sweatshirt, gray sweatpants and black sneakers. Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 7 June 2025 The camera later pans to a woman in the bed wearing a hooded sweatshirt. Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025 Harry also dances along, at one point putting up the hood on his sweatshirt to look more hip. Martha Ross, Mercury News, 4 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for sweatshirt

Word History

First Known Use

1925, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of sweatshirt was in 1925

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“Sweatshirt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sweatshirt. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.

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sweatshirt

noun
sweat·​shirt -ˌshərt How to pronounce sweatshirt (audio)
: a loose collarless usually long-sleeved pullover or jacket of soft absorbent material

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