Meanings
- not comparableWearing a turtleneck.
Last week, Thomas had sent a professional photographer to my apartment: Randall Knapp, a solemn, beturtlenecked fellow […]
2001, Jennifer Egan, Look at Me, Anchor Books, →ISBN, page 4032 more examples
Personally, I like to imagine him, beturtlenecked and in jeans—perhaps with fuzzy bunny slippers replacing his usual sneakers—giving a keynote presentation to his friends and family, updating them on the status of Steve over the last quarter, and explaining to them all the new features that come with turning 54 ("And then your knees just give out—boom.")
2009 February 24, Dan Moren, “Steve Jobs turns 54”, in Macworld[…] and on the steps are three fawning co-eds with flowers in their hair, ogling a mustachioed beturtlenecked artiste, […]
2010 November 11, Jonah Furman, “New Vibrations: The Tallest Man on Earth”, in The Johns Hopkins News-Letter, Johns Hopkins UniversitySynonyms: turtlenecked
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveWearing a turtleneck.
Origin
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beturtlenecked. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beturtlenecked
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