turtleneck meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

turtleneck

noun

Etymology From turtle + neck.

Canada, US 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, Abbreviation, Ellipsis Ellipsis of turtleneck sweater.

I've got billions and billions of rhymes to flex / 'Cause I've got more rhymes than Carl Sagan's got turtlenecks2004, “Hey Fuck You”, in To the 5 Boroughs, performed by Beastie Boys:
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 183:

Slang A foreskin.

Derived terms: mock turtleneck, tactleneck, turtleneck collar, turtle-necked, turtlenecked, turtle-neck sweater, turtleneck sweater