turtleneck

See also: turtle-neck and turtle neck

English

Alternative forms

• turtle neck, turtle-neck

Etymology

From turtle +‎ neck.

Pronunciation

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Noun

turtleneck (plural turtlenecks)

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.

   Synonyms: (UK) polo-neck, (US) turtleneck collar

2. (Canada, US) Ellipsis of turtleneck sweater.

   Synonym: (UK) polo neck sweater

   • 2004, “Hey Fuck You”, in To the 5 Boroughs, performed by Beastie Boys:

     I've got billions and billions of rhymes to flex / 'Cause I've got more rhymes than Carl Sagan's got turtlenecks

   • 2012, Karen Blumenthal, Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different, A&C Black, →ISBN, page 183:

     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.

3. (slang) A foreskin.

Derived terms

• mock turtleneck
• turtleneck collar
• turtle-necked, turtlenecked
• turtle-neck sweater, turtleneck sweater

Translations

high, close-fitting collar rolled up

Bulgarian: поло яка f (polo jaka) Catalan: coll alt Chinese: Cantonese: 樽領 / 樽领 (zeon1 leng5) Mandarin: 高領 / 高领 (gāolǐng) Czech: rolák m Dutch: rolkraag (nl) m, col (nl) m Finnish: poolokaulus (fi) French: col roulé (fr) m Georgian: სვიტრი (ka) (sviṭri), სვიტრი (ka) (sviṭri) German: Rollkragen m Greek: ζιβάγκο (el) n (zivágko) Icelandic: rúllukragi m Italian: dolcevita (it) m, collo alto m Japanese: タートルネック (tātorunekku) Korean: 터틀넥 (teoteullek) Macedonian: рол-крагна f (rol-kragna) Polish: golf (pl) m Portuguese: gola alta f, gola rulê (pt) f

turtleneck sweater

Bulgarian: поло n (polo) Czech: rolák m Dutch: rolkraagtrui f, coltrui (nl) f Finnish: poolopusero French: pull à col roulé m, col roulé (fr) m German: Rollkragenpullover (de) m Greek: ζιβάγκο (el) n (zivágko) Hungarian: garbó (hu) Icelandic: rúllukragapeysa f Italian: dolcevita (it) m, collo alto m Japanese: タートルネック (tātorunekku) Korean: 터틀넥 (teoteullek) Macedonian: ролка f (rolka) Navajo: ééʼnaatsʼǫǫdii Polish: golf (pl) m Russian: водола́зка (ru) f (vodolázka)

Further reading

• polo neck on Wikipedia.Wikipedia