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turtleneck en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From turtle + neck.

Meanings

1. (Canada, US) A high, close-fitting collar, turned back on itself and covering all or most of the neck, on a sweater or similar garment.
2. (Canada, US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of turtleneck sweater.
   alt of turtleneck sweater
   • I've got billions and billions of rhymes to flex / 'Cause I've got more rhymes than Carl Sagan's got turtlenecks 2004, “Hey Fuck You”, in To the 5 Boroughs, performed by Beastie Boys:
   • Still, Jobs became friends with fashion designer Issey Miyake, who had designed some Sony uniforms, and asked him to make some black turtlenecks that he liked. 2012, Karen Blumenthal, Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different, A&C Black, →ISBN, page 183:
3. (slang) The foreskin.

Forms

Coordinates

crew neck · boat neckline · plunging neckline · V-neck · sweetheart neckline · heart neckline · bateau neckline · scoop neckline

Deriveds

tactleneck · turtleneck sweater · mock turtleneck · turtle-neck sweater · turtlenecked · turtleneck collar · turtle-necked

Synonyms

turtleneck collar · polo neck sweater · polo-neck

Translations (40)

fr col roulé (high, close-fitting collar rolled up) · el ζιβάγκο (high, close-fitting collar rolled up) · bg поло яка (high, close-fitting collar rolled up) · pl golf (turtleneck sweater) · is rúllukragapeysa (turtleneck sweater) · ka სვიტრი (high, close-fitting collar rolled up) · pt gola rulê (high, close-fitting collar rolled up) · cs rolák (high, close-fitting collar rolled up) · fr pull à col roulé (turtleneck sweater) · ca coll alt (high, close-fitting collar rolled up) · mk ролка (turtleneck sweater) · ja タートルネック (high, close-fitting collar rolled up) · fi poolopusero (turtleneck sweater) · pt gola alta (high, close-fitting collar rolled up) · cmn 高領 /高领 (high, close-fitting collar rolled up) · yue 樽領 /樽领 (high, close-fitting collar rolled up) · ko 터틀넥 (high, close-fitting collar rolled up) · ru водола́зка (turtleneck sweater) · fr col roulé (turtleneck sweater) · ko 터틀넥 (turtleneck sweater) · fi poolokaulus (high, close-fitting collar rolled up) · ja タートルネック (turtleneck sweater) · nl rolkraag (high, close-fitting collar rolled up) · mk рол-крагна (high, close-fitting collar rolled up) · de Rollkragen (high, close-fitting collar rolled up) · bg поло (turtleneck sweater) · nl col (high, close-fitting collar rolled up) · el ζιβάγκο (turtleneck sweater) · pl golf (high, close-fitting collar rolled up) · it collo alto (high, close-fitting collar rolled up) · it dolcevita (high, close-fitting collar rolled up) · it collo alto (turtleneck sweater) · nv ééʼ naatsʼǫǫdii (turtleneck sweater) · it dolcevita (turtleneck sweater) · cs rolák (turtleneck sweater) · de Rollkragenpullover (turtleneck sweater) · is rúllukragi (high, close-fitting collar rolled up) · hu garbó (turtleneck sweater) · nl coltrui (turtleneck sweater) · nl rolkraagtrui (turtleneck sweater)