polo shirt

noun

: a close-fitting pullover often knit shirt with short or long sleeves and turnover collar or banded neck

Examples of polo shirt in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Apart from her heeled sneakers, Williams also wore a bright blue windbreaker-style coat draped over her shoulders, layered over a blue polo shirt with red, white and blue striping towards the hem. — Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 4 Oct. 2026

Douglas, meanwhile, dressed casually in a dark blue polo shirt, white pants, dark shoes, and a blue baseball cap. — Juliana Ukiomogbe, InStyle, 25 Sep. 2026

The holes were about two inches apart, above her left breast, near where a crocodile might be on a polo shirt. — Ian Parker, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026

Amal was in a matching green silk set with a top, shorts and a blazer while the two-time Oscar winner wore a black polo shirt and white pants. — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1887, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for polo shirt

• controvert
• disconcert
• extrovert
• introvert
• reassert
• undershirt
• alert
• assert
• avert
• dessert
• divert
• evert

Kids Definition

polo shirt

noun

: a close-fitting pullover shirt of knitted fabric