anorak

«anorak» in Mova's school dictionary: A waterproof jacket with a hood, often padded — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (an anorak, anoraks)

meaning for a pupil

1) A waterproof jacket with a hood, often padded. tree →

2) (UK, informal) A person who is very interested in a hobby that others think is boring, like train numbers; a nerd. tree →

sense in the lessons

Everyday clothing in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand: wear your anorak in the rain. Slang: "he's a bit of an anorak about buses". Phrases: put on your anorak, a bit of an anorak.

examples

• Put on your anorak; it's raining. tree →
• My anorak has a hood that folds away. tree →
• He's a real anorak about trains. tree →
• She left her anorak on the school bus. tree →
• We wore anoraks on the windy hill. tree →
• Don't be such an anorak. tree →

note

The word comes from the Inuit language (Greenlandic). US often says "parka" or "windbreaker". The slang meaning is mildly teasing, not very rude.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «anorak» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.