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TURN-ON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does turn-on mean?
• TURN-ON (noun)
The noun TURN-ON has 1 sense:
1. something causing excitement or stimulating interest
Familiarity information: TURN-ON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Something causing excitement or stimulating interest
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("turn-on" is a kind of...):
input; stimulant; stimulation; stimulus (any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
Derivation:
turn on (stimulate sexually)
turn on (cause to be agitated, excited, or roused)
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