Definition of PARKA

parka

Plural: parkas

Noun

  • A warm, hooded jacket often worn in cold weather.
  • a kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term)
  • A long jacket with a hood which protects the wearer against rain and wind.

Examples

  • Even in a thick PARKA, he shivered thinking of his opponent’s powerful Scrabble play.

Origin / Etymology

1780, ultimately from Tundra Nenets парка (parka), via Aleut parka and Russian па́рка (párka). Perhaps from Proto-Uralic; see dialectal Finnish parka (“rag, swaddling clothes”), which may be a cognate from Proto-Uralic, or an early borrowing from another Uralic language.

Scrabble Score: 11

parka: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
parka: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
parka: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

parka: valid Words With Friends Word