sweatshirt

[swet-shurt] /ˈswɛtˌʃɜrt/

noun

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.

Also, sweat shirt.

Origin

1920-25; sweat + shirt

Examples from the web for sweatshirt

The presenter, in a bright red sweatshirt, is demonstrating how to construct a cardboard cut-out bumblebee.
Also included a dark colored heavy cotton hooded sweatshirt and a pair of sweat pants and a navy watch cap for cold nights.
Slip this sweatshirt over anything for the ultimate in relaxation whether you're on the bay or in the bleachers.
She was wearing a flowery rose-colored skirt, a bright blue sweatshirt, and a bandanna tied under her chin.
My sweatshirt sleeve is covered again with them, tap-tapping their canelike proboscises, prospecting for blood.
He didn't wash that sweatshirt, because when you've helped one set of alien robots defeat another, you need a memento.
She was the high school student not wearing a sweatshirt.
He wore baggy painter's pants, high-top sneakers with the neon laces undone and an oversize sweatshirt.
He was strangled when the drawstring on the hooded sweatshirt that he was wearing became stuck on a play ground set.
Bring a light jacket and/or a sweatshirt for the spring and fall months.

British Dictionary definitions for sweatshirt

sweatshirt

/ˈswɛtˌʃɜːt/

noun

a long-sleeved knitted cotton sweater worn by athletes, etc

Word Origin and History for sweatshirt

by 1921, from sweat + shirt. Related: Sweatshirted.