wristband

noun

wrist·​band ˈris(t)-ˌband 

1

: the part of a sleeve covering the wrist

2

: a band encircling the wrist

Examples of wristband in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Tickets are less than $20, and the wristband gets you good discounts on drinks. —Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2025

Plaintiffs Kyle Fellers and Anthony Foote sued the Bow School District after being banned from school grounds for wearing the wristbands at their daughters' soccer game in September. —Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 12 Feb. 2025

Many schools, like the St. Stephen Catholic School on Napoleon Avenue, sell wristbands to use their facilities. —Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 4 Feb. 2025

The tattoos produced more accurate readings than blood-pressure-monitoring wristbands did, and their performance met the criteria for the highest accuracy ranking under the IEEE standard for wearable cuffless blood-pressure monitors. —IEEE Spectrum, 3 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1571, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for wristband

• armband
• backhand
• bandstand
• baseband
• broadband
• command
• cropland
• demand
• disband
• dreamland
• expand
• farmhand

Kids Definition

wristband

noun

wrist·​band ˈris(t)-ˌband 

: a band or a part of a sleeve encircling the wrist