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pullover

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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A sweater that must be put on by pulling it over the head; a sweater without buttons or a zipper in front 2 (context weightlifting English) An exercise performed lying on the back in which the arms are extended behind the head and exertion lifts the ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
The pullover is an exercise that is performed with either a dumbbell or a barbell . Pullovers can be made to affect either the chest or the back depending on how wide the grip is (barbell) and the position of the shoulders. A research done on the pullover ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a sweater that is put on by pulling it over the head [syn: slipover ]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1871, originally of shoes, from pull (v.) + over (adv.). As a noun, from 1875 as a kind of hat cover; 1925 as a type of sweater (short for pullover sweater , 1912), so called in reference to the method of putting it on.

Usage examples of pullover.

In the neighbouring Cagliari pits a figure clad in a dark roll-neck pullover and dark leather jacket stood hidden in a shadowed corner.

So on the evening before the 26th of January, there was my table covered with brand-new warm Olympic underwear, ski pants, a couple of pullovers, a windbreaker and, last but not least, a pair of skis with bindings, and next to them the boots.

The men were wearing pretty much what anybody would wear on a Saturday night to a hunting lodge in the boondocks: anything from a sports jacket like his own with a light pullover under it to a red-and-black checked flannel shirt or a snowmobiling outfit.

In contrast to the coarse ill-fitting clothes of Valeri, Bower was wearing a well-tailored fawn Saxony check suit, soft yellow cotton shirt, Wykehamist tie and yellow pullover.

Elegant in formal, permanently pressed walking shorts and casual pullover, Follingston-Heath escorted Mina Gelmann through the double doorway designed to keep marauding deer, moose, and chipmunks from devastating the lush flower beds which surrounded Wing C of the Village, and out onto the gravel path that led down to the shore of the lake.

Thesiger was frequently to be found in corduroy trousers or a rough woollen pullover or with a tatty old cravat tucked around his neckthe blue battledress with its insignia of rank the only concession he made.

A guard in a uniform of human skin, black buck jacket with carious yellow teeth buttons, an elastic pullover shirt in burnished Indian copper, adolescentnordic-sun-tan slacks, sandals from calloused foot soles of young Malayan farmer, an ash-brown scarf knotted and tucked in the shirt.

He looked dashing in a white shirt, gray pants, and my favorite wool sweater, a crewneck pullover the color of oatmeal.

She rode in Horseclans garb of the ancient cut —baggy trousers tucked into soft, felt boots, wide dagger belt mounting a silver-hilted dirk, tight-sleeved pullover shirt which for all its bagginess still could not conceal the proud upthrust of her mature breasts, drooping velvet cap.

She rode in Horseclans garb of the ancient cutbaggy trousers tucked into soft, felt boots, wide dagger belt mounting a silver-hilted dirk, tight-sleeved pullover shirt which for all its bagginess still could not conceal the proud upthrust of her mature breasts, drooping velvet cap.

We'll do bench presses, curls, pullovers, flyes, some shrugs, some sit-ups.

Two men in identical yellow V-neck pullovers sat at a table by the window and stared out in silence, sipping from time to time at identical bloody marys.

He was wearing a silvery-blue pullover that set off his eyes and a dark blue pair of cargo shorts.

He wore rubber-soled deck shoes, pressed white slacks and a navy pullover.

Camera films and face cream, and a cashmere pullover the colour of violets.