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COLD TURKEY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cold turkey mean? 

COLD TURKEY (noun)
  The noun COLD TURKEY has 2 senses:

1. a blunt expression of viewsplay

2. complete and abrupt withdrawal of all addictive drugs or anything else on which you have become dependentplay

  Familiarity information: COLD TURKEY used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COLD TURKEY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A blunt expression of views

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

I told him cold turkey

Hypernyms ("cold turkey" is a kind of...):

expression; verbal expression; verbalism (the communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Complete and abrupt withdrawal of all addictive drugs or anything else on which you have become dependent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

she quit her job cold turkey

Hypernyms ("cold turkey" is a kind of...):

drug withdrawal; withdrawal (the termination of drug taking)


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