Meanings
nounpullover (plural pullovers)
plural pullovers
- horizontal bargymnasticsAn exercise in which the gymnast pulls up from a hang lifting the legs up and over the bar thus rolling into a support position.
- governmentAn instance of a vehicle being pulled over.
I followed my training in the academy regarding vehicle pullovers.
2010, D. E. Gray, The Warrior in Me, page 23
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Deverbal from pull over.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مِعْطَف, كِنْزَة
- مِعْطَف (miʕṭaf)sweater
- كِنْزَة (kinza)sweater
- بُلوفَر (bulōfar, bulōvar)sweater
- سُتْرَة (sutra)sweater
Bulgarian пуло́вер, пуло́увър
- пуло́вер (pulóver)sweater
- пуло́увър (pulóuvăr)weightlifting over the head
Chinese Mandarin 套衫, 毛衣
- 套衫 (tàoshān)sweater
- 毛衣 (máoyī)sweater
Czech pulover
- puloversweater
Danish pullover
- pulloversweater
Dutch trui
- truisweater
Esperanto pulovero
- puloverosweater
Estonian kampsun, pullover
- kampsunsweater
- pulloversweater
- sviitersweater
- džempersweater
Finnish villapaita, yliveto
- villapaitasweater
- ylivetoweightlifting over the head
- kieppibar exercise
French pull-over, chandail
- pull-oversweater
- chandailsweater
German Pullover, Überzug
- Pulloversweater
- Überzugweightlifting over the head
Greek πουλόβερ
- πουλόβερ (poulóver)sweater
Hungarian pulóver
- pulóversweater
Italian maglione, pullover
- maglionesweater
- pulloversweater
- pesibar exercise
- sollevamento pesibar exercise
Japanese プルオーバー, セーター
- プルオーバー (puruōbā)sweater
- セーター (sētā)sweater
Korean 풀오버, 스웨터
- 풀오버 (purobeo)sweater
- 스웨터 (seuweteo)sweater
Latvian pulovers
- puloverssweater
Lithuanian puloveris, megztinis
- puloverissweater
- megztinissweater
Malay baju panas sarung, pullover
- baju panas sarungsweater
- pulloversweater
Polish sweter, pulower
- swetersweater
- pulowersweater
- przenoszenie sztangielki zza głowyweightlifting over the head
- przenoszenie sztangielki zza głowybar exercise
Portuguese pulôver
- pulôversweater
Romanian pulover
- puloversweater
Russian пуло́вер, сви́тер
- пуло́вер (pulóver)sweater
- сви́тер (svítɛr)sweater
- пулло́вер (pullóver)weightlifting over the head
Scottish Gaelic geansaidh
- geansaidhsweater
Slovak pulóver
- pulóversweater
Spanish pulóver
- pulóversweater
Swedish pullover, tröja
- pulloversweater
- tröjasweater
- pulloverweightlifting over the head
- pulloverbar exercise
Turkish kazak, süveter
- kazaksweater
- süvetersweater
Ukrainian пуло́вер, светр
- пуло́вер (pulóver)sweater
- светр (svetr)sweater
Vietnamese áo len có nón, áo len chui đầu
- áo len có nónsweater
- áo len chui đầusweater
- áo pu-lơ-vơsweater
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APA
pullover. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pullover
MLA
“pullover.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pullover. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pullover,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pullover.
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