noun, slang ·3 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A high, close-fitting collar, turned back on itself and covering all or most of the neck, on a sweater or similar garment. Canada, US
2. 2
   a sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar wordnet
3. 3
   Ellipsis of turtleneck sweater. Canada, US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

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

4. 4
   A foreskin. slang

Synonyms

All synonyms

polo-neckpolo neckpolo neck sweaterturtleturtleneck collarturtleneck sweater

Example

More examples

"Steve is wearing a black turtleneck."

Etymology

From turtle + neck.

Related phrases

mock turtleneckturtle-neck sweaterturtle-neckedturtleneck collarturtleneck sweaterclose fittingturtleneck sweater

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