different between blazer vs pullover

English

Etymology

From blaze +? -er. Originates from the 'blazing' scarlet jackets worn by members of Lady Margaret Boat Club, the rowing club associated with St. John's College, Cambridge. Compare Old English blæsere, blasere (“burner, incendiary”, literally “blazer”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ble?z?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ble?z?/
• Rhymes: -e?z?(?)

Noun

blazer (plural blazers)

1. A semi-formal jacket.
2. A person or thing that blazes (marks or cuts a route).
3. Anything that blazes or glows, as with heat or flame.
4. The dish used when cooking directly over the flame of a chafing-dish lamp, or the coals of a brazier.
5. (slang, US) One who smokes cannabis; a stoner.
6. (archaic) One who spreads news, or blazes matters abroad.
7. (slang, Britain) An older member of a sporting club, often with old-fashioned or conservative views.
8. A con or swindle.
   • 1922, A. M. Chisholm, A Thousand a Plate

     "What'd I tell you?" said Bill. "The old wolverine was tryin' to run a blazer on us. All he needed was to be showed we meant business. And he can't make no trouble for us when he gets out, 'cause our two words are better'n his."

Translations

See also

• trailblazer

Anagrams

• Balzer, Brazel

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bla.zœ?/

Noun

blazer m (plural blazers)

1. blazer (jacket)

Portuguese

Noun

blazer m (plural blazers)

1. Alternative spelling of blêizer

Romanian

Etymology

From English blazer.

Noun

blazer n (plural blazere)

1. blazer

Declension

Spanish

Noun

blazer m (plural blazeres)

1. blazer

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