Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A high, tubular, often rolled-down collar that fits closely about the neck.
- noun A garment, such as a sweater, that has this type of collar.
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- noun US A high,
close-fitting collar , turned back on itself and covering all or most of the neck, on asweater or similargarment . - noun US A turtleneck sweater.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar
Etymologies
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Examples
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Thought by the Apple faithful to be a symbol of Jobs 'commitment to minimalist functionality, Scientists have established that the turtleneck is in fact a parasitical creature feeding off its host, and in return channeling its brainwaves through Mr Jobs, a symbiotic relationship now thought to have been responsible for the creation of the iPod.
Archive 2009-01-01 Dungeekin 2009
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The way the cables run up to meet the ribs of the turtleneck is pretty cool.
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The way the cables run up to meet the ribs of the turtleneck is pretty cool.
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The Joy of Tech has created an hilarious Steve Jobs dressup Flash app -- why should Steve be forced to do yet another MacWorld keynote in turtleneck and jeans?
- Boing Boing 2005
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The way the cables run up to meet the ribs of the turtleneck is pretty cool.
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I am in turtleneck, sweatshirt, leggings and track pants.
Weather 2002
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Her turtleneck was the next to go, followed by her sports bra.
Nevermore Kelly Creagh 2010
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I can hear cool music and can see into the house, where it looks like a real live party, the kind kids on TV go to, and there are cobwebs and dangling spiders and tons of kids wearing scary stuff, or silly stuff, or in the case of Mark Tompkins, just a fedora-type hat and a black turtleneck, which is just totally lame.
Milo Alan Silberberg 2010
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I can hear cool music and can see into the house, where it looks like a real live party, the kind kids on TV go to, and there are cobwebs and dangling spiders and tons of kids wearing scary stuff, or silly stuff, or in the case of Mark Tompkins, just a fedora-type hat and a black turtleneck, which is just totally lame.
Milo Alan Silberberg 2010
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Her turtleneck was the next to go, followed by her sports bra.
Nevermore Kelly Creagh 2010
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