Definition of cold turkey
cold turkey
noun - uncountable
- a technique of quitting something addictive by completely stopping using it.
Last edited on Jul 24 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 26 2009.
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Other terms relating to 'cold': | |
| Definitions include: never. | |
| Definitions include: to vacillate in opinion | |
| Definitions include: attractive. | |
| Definitions include: extremely cold. | |
| Definitions include: extremely cold. | |
| Definitions include: nervousness, trepidation about a big decision, especially marriage. | |
| Definitions include: a beer. | |
| Definitions include: erect nipples, usually female. | |
| Definitions include: cool, awesome. | |
| Definitions include: see cold feet. | |
| Definitions include: to treat one distantly. | |
| Definitions include: to be nervous about entering into a long-term commitment, especially marriage. | |
| Definitions include: with conflicting feelings. | |
| Definitions include: sound asleep. | |
| Definitions include: excluded. | |
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Other terms relating to 'turkey': | |
| Definitions include: bull shit, for people who are tired of saying bull-shit. | |
| Definitions include: a derogatory slang word used to refer to someone who was unreliable, made empty promises | |
| Definitions include: to talk frankly. | |
| Definitions include: a turkey stuffed with a duck stuffed with a chicken. | |
| Definitions include: in bowling, three strikes in a row. | |
| Definitions include: Thanksgiving. | |
| Definitions include: To light one's cigarette by using someone else's lit cigarette. | |
| Definitions include: a women having blatantly hard nipples. | |
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