Meanings
nounsports bra (plural sports bras)
plural sports bras
- A type of bra that is more supportive than an everyday bra, worn when practising sports or other physical activities.
secure a uniboob-generating, restrain-and-flatten style sports bra
2001 May 22, Wednesday, “Re: 'There are only 500 REAL anime fans in the UK'”, in uk.media.animation.anime (Usenet), message-ID <-6y*A5OWo@news.chiark.greenend.org.uk>1 more example
Finally, in 1977[…]the sports bra as we know it was invented[…] That first sports bra was simply two jockstraps sewn together.
2015 October 29, Rose Eveleth, “Why Are Sports Bras So Terrible?”, in Racked
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 運動胸衣 /运动胸衣, 運動文胸 /运动文胸
- 運動胸衣 /运动胸衣 (yùndòng xiōngyī)bra worn when playing various sports
- 運動文胸 /运动文胸 (yùndòng wénxiōng)bra worn when playing various sports
- 運動內衣 /运动内衣 (yùndòng nèiyī)bra worn when playing various sports
Dutch sport-bh, sportbeha
- sport-bhbra worn when playing various sports
- sportbehabra worn when playing various sports
Esperanto sportmamzono
- sportmamzonobra worn when playing various sports
Finnish urheilurintaliivit
- urheilurintaliivitbra worn when playing various sports
German Sport-BH
- Sport-BHbra worn when playing various sports
Japanese スポーツブラ, スポブラ
- スポーツブラ (supōtsubura)bra worn when playing various sports
- スポブラ (supobura)bra worn when playing various sports
Swedish sportbehå, sport-bh
- sportbehåbra worn when playing various sports
- sport-bhbra worn when playing various sports
Cite this entry
APA
sports bra. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sports%20bra
MLA
“sports bra.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sports%20bra. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sports bra,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sports%20bra.
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