turtleneck

noun

Etymology

From turtle + neck.

  1. derived from *knog-
  2. inherited from *hnakkô — “nape, neck
  3. inherited from hnecca
  4. inherited from nekke
  5. compounded as turtleneck — “turtle + neck

Definitions

  1. A high, close-fitting collar, turned back on itself and covering all or most of the neck,…

    A high, close-fitting collar, turned back on itself and covering all or most of the neck, on a sweater or similar garment.

  2. Ellipsis 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
    • 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. A foreskin.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA