sweatshirt

noun

SaySWET-shurt/ˈswɛtʃəːt/UK/ˈswɛtˌʃɜːt/

Pluralsweatshirts

2 meanings of sweatshirt

1
nouncountable
A soft, warm top with long sleeves, worn for sports or for relaxing.
Like a T-shirt, but thicker and warmer.
She pulled on a thick sweatshirt before going outside.
His sweatshirts were stacked neatly in the bottom drawer.
Similarpullover, jumper
2
nouncountable
A shirt worn next to your skin, often under other clothes, to soak up sweat.
He wore a thin cotton sweatshirt next to his skin, under his uniform, to stay dry.
After the long march, the soldier took off his jacket and changed the damp sweatshirt he wore under it.
Similarundershirt

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Origin

From the words "sweat" and "shirt".