Meaning & use
spirit shirt
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Meaning
nouncountableAmerican
A shirt, often in school colours with a logo or mascot, worn to show support for a school, team or club.
Grammar: Countable: wear a spirit shirt, buy two spirit shirts.
Patterns
- wear a spirit shirt
- a spirit shirt for something
Everyone wore a spirit shirt to the Friday pep rally.
I bought a spirit shirt at the game to support the team.
The cheer club sold spirit shirts to raise money.
Word forms
| plural | spirit shirts |
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Common combinations
- wear a spirit shirt
- Students wear a spirit shirt every Friday.
- order spirit shirts
- The booster club ordered spirit shirts in the school colours.
- a spirit shirt day
- Tomorrow is spirit shirt day, so dress in red and white.
- design a spirit shirt
- Art students will design a spirit shirt for the fall festival.
- sell spirit shirts
- The club sells spirit shirts at the front door.
Synonyms and how they differ
- team shirt
- Team shirt can be an official playing shirt, while a spirit shirt is for fans and supporters.
- fan shirt
- Fan shirt may support any club or band, while spirit shirt points to a school or community group.
- jersey
- Jersey is the actual playing shirt, whereas a spirit shirt is mostly worn by supporters.
- school tee
- School tee names the garment type only and does not stress showing support.
Word family
Commonly confused: spirit shirt or uniform?
spirit shirt vs uniform
A uniform is required clothing, while a spirit shirt is optional and shows support.
Practice
On Friday, our school asks everyone to wear a ____ in the school colours to support the football team.
Choose one answer.
A spirit shirt shows support for a school or team. A dress code is a rule, a nightshirt is for sleeping and a spirit level is a tool.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “spirit shirt”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.