Meanings
plural turtlenecks · alternative turtle neck · alternative turtle-neck
- CanadaUSA high, close-fitting collar, turned back on itself and covering all or most of the neck, on a sweater or similar garment.
Synonyms: polo-neck, turtleneck collar
- CanadaUSabbreviationellipsisEllipsis 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
2004, “Hey Fuck You”, in To the 5 Boroughs, performed by Beastie Boys1 more example
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.
2012, Karen Blumenthal, Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different, A&C Black, →ISBN, page 183Synonyms: polo neck sweater
- slangThe foreskin.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA high, close-fitting collar, turned back on itself and covering all or most of the neck, on a sweater or similar garment.
nounEllipsis of turtleneck sweater.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian поло яка, поло
- поло якаhigh, close-fitting collar rolled up
- поло (polo)turtleneck sweater
Catalan coll alt
- coll althigh, close-fitting collar rolled up
Chinese Cantonese 樽領 /樽领
- 樽領 /樽领 (zeon¹ leng⁵)high, close-fitting collar rolled up
Chinese Mandarin 高領 /高领
- 高領 /高领 (gāolǐng)high, close-fitting collar rolled up
Czech rolák, rolák
- rolákhigh, close-fitting collar rolled up
- rolákturtleneck sweater
Dutch rolkraag, col
- rolkraaghigh, close-fitting collar rolled up
- colhigh, close-fitting collar rolled up
- rolkraagtruiturtleneck sweater
- coltruiturtleneck sweater
Finnish poolokaulus, poolopusero
- poolokaulushigh, close-fitting collar rolled up
- poolopuseroturtleneck sweater
French col roulé, pull à col roulé
- col rouléhigh, close-fitting collar rolled up
- pull à col rouléturtleneck sweater
- col rouléturtleneck sweater
German Rollkragen, Rollkragenpullover
- Rollkragenhigh, close-fitting collar rolled up
- Rollkragenpulloverturtleneck sweater
Greek ζιβάγκο, ζιβάγκο
- ζιβάγκο (zivágko)high, close-fitting collar rolled up
- ζιβάγκο (zivágko)turtleneck sweater
Hungarian garbó
- garbóturtleneck sweater
Icelandic rúllukragi, rúllukragapeysa
- rúllukragihigh, close-fitting collar rolled up
- rúllukragapeysaturtleneck sweater
Italian dolcevita, collo alto
- dolcevitahigh, close-fitting collar rolled up
- collo altohigh, close-fitting collar rolled up
- dolcevitaturtleneck sweater
- collo altoturtleneck sweater
Japanese タートルネック, タートルネック
- タートルネック (tātorunekku)high, close-fitting collar rolled up
- タートルネック (tātorunekku)turtleneck sweater
Korean 터틀넥, 터틀넥
- 터틀넥 (teoteullek)high, close-fitting collar rolled up
- 터틀넥 (teoteullek)turtleneck sweater
Polish golf, golf
- golfhigh, close-fitting collar rolled up
- golfturtleneck sweater
Portuguese gola alta, gola rulê
- gola altahigh, close-fitting collar rolled up
- gola rulêhigh, close-fitting collar rolled up
Russian водола́зка
- водола́зка (vodolázka)turtleneck sweater
Cite this entry
turtleneck. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turtleneck
“turtleneck.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turtleneck. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “turtleneck,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turtleneck.
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