different between anorak vs pullover

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Greenlandic annoraaq.

Pronunciation

Noun

anorak (plural anoraks)

1. A heavy weatherproof jacket with an attached hood; a parka or windcheater.
2. (Britain, slang) A person with an unusual or obsessive interest in a niche subject, originally referring to train spotters (because they would wear anoraks while looking out for trains). A geek.

Synonyms

• (person intensely interested in a particular field or hobby): otaku, geek

Derived terms

• anorakish

Translations

References

• anorak at The Septic's Companion: A British Slang Dictionary
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References

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: Tenth Edition (1997)

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Greenlandic annoraaq.

Noun

anorak c (singular definite anorakken, plural indefinite anorakker)

1. anorak

Declension

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.n?.?ak/

Noun

anorak m (plural anoraks)

1. anorak (heavy weatherproof jacket)

Descendants

• ? Romanian: hanorac

Polish

Etymology

From Greenlandic annoraaq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?n?.rak/

Noun

anorak m inan

1. anorak (heavy weatherproof jacket)

Declension

Further reading

• anorak in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• anorak in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Alternative forms

• anorac

Noun

anorak m (plural anoraks)

1. anorak (heavy weatherproof jacket)

Further reading

• “anorak” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From the verb phrase pull over.

Noun

pullover (plural pullovers)

1. A sweater that must be put on by pulling it over the head; a sweater without buttons or a zipper in front
2. (weightlifting) An exercise performed lying on the back in which the arms are extended behind the head and exertion lifts the weight above the head.
3. (gymnastics, horizontal bar) An exercise in which the gymnast pulls up from a hang lifting the legs up and over the bar thus rolling into a support position.
4. (chiefly law enforcement) An instance of a vehicle being pulled over.
   • 2010, D. E. Gray, The Warrior in Me (page 23)

     I followed my training in the academy regarding vehicle pullovers.

Descendants

Translations

See also

• cardigan
• jumper
• pushover
• sweater
• sweatshirt

Anagrams

• overpull

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English pullover.

Noun

pullover m (invariable)

1. pullover, sweater