dime at high speed without turning turtle
is what I want.turn one’s toes uptv. to die. I’m too
young to turn my toes up. TThe cat
turned up its toes right after church. Ah,
the power of prayer.
turn on the waterworksin. to begin to
cry. His lower lip was quivering, and I
knew he was going to turn on the water-
works. Now, now! Don’t turn on the wa-
terworks. Cheer up!
turn onto someone or somethingin. to
become interested in someone or some-
thing. Jeff turned onto electronics at the
age of fourteen. I tried to get her to turn
onto me, but she could only think of John.
turn on, tune in, drop outin. a slogan
promoting the use ofLSD among young
people. (Drugs.) The key phrase in the
heyday of acid was “turn on, tune in, drop
out.” Millions heard “turn on, tune in,
drop out” and did just that.
turnoutn. an audience that has assembled
for some purpose. How was the turnout
at the benefit? The turnout was great.
We had a full house.
turn over 1. in. to get off of drugs. (Like
turn over a new leaf.) He wanted to
turn over, but just couldn’t. There is a
clinic on Maple Street that’ll help heads
turn over. 2. Go to turn around.
turn someone offtv. to dull someone’s in-
terest in someone or something. The
prof turned me off to the subject. TThe
preacher set out to turn off the congrega-
tion to sin.
turn someone ontv. to excite or interest
someone. (See also turn on.) Fast mu-
sic with a good beat turns me on. TThat
stuff doesn’t turn on anyone.
turn someone or something upside
downtv. to upset someone or something;
to confuse someone or something. We
turned his place upside down, but never
found the gun. The whole business
turned me upside down. It’ll take days to
recover.
turn someone outtv. to introduce some-
one to drugs, prostitution, homosexual-
ity, etc. (Underworld.) Mac tried to
turn the kid out. TThere are laws against
turning out people the way Max was doing.
turn someone’s stomachtv. to nauseate
someone. That stuff turns my stomach.
Do I have to eat it? Whatever that smell
is, it’s turning my stomach.
turn someone’s water offtv. to deflate
someone; to silence someone. He said
you were stupid, huh? Well, I guess that
turns your water off! TThat really turned
off her water.
turn tail (and run)tv. to flee; to run away
in fright. I couldn’t just turn tail and
run, but I wasn’t going to fight that mon-
ster either. Sometimes turning tail is the
only sensible thing to do.
turn thumbs down (on someone or
something)tv. to reject someone or
something. The board turned thumbs
down on Rocko’s application for parole.
The committee examined the proposal and
turned thumbs down.
turn turtlein. to turn over, as with a ship.
The old dog finally turned turtle, and
that was the end. The car struck a pole
and turned turtle.
turn up one’s nose at someone or
somethingtv. to show disdain or disgust
at someone or something. This is good,
wholesome food. Don’t turn your nose up
at it. TShe turned up her nose at Pete,
which was probably a good idea.
turps and terps[t#ps] n. liquor. (From
turpentine.) Don’t forget to stop at the
comfort station and get the turps. Yo u
got enough terps for the party?
tush(y)n. the buttocks. (Probably from
Yiddish.) I fell down right on my tush.
tux[t@ks] n. a tuxedo. Do I have to wear
a tux? Rent your tux well in advance.
tweak [tWik] tv. to adjust something
slightly. I just need to tweak this pro-
gram a little bit; then I’ll be with you.
Tweak the tuner a little and see if you can
get that station just a little bit clearer.
tweased[tWizd] mod. alcohol intoxicated.
Jim came in a little tweased last night.tweased