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

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)
• Macedonian: ролка f (rolka)
• Navajo: ééʼnaatsʼǫǫdii
• Polish: golf (pl) m
• Russian: водола́зка (ru) f (vodolázka)

Further reading

• polo neck on Wikipedia.Wikipedia