Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Slang Immediate, complete withdrawal from something on which one has become dependent, such as an addictive drug.
- n. Slang Blunt language or procedural method.
- n. Slang A cold fish.
Wiktionary
- n. The sudden and complete withdrawal of a dependent substance, especially of a drug
- n. The physiological effects of such a withdrawal
- adv. Not gradually; all at once. Refers especially to quitting a habit by force of will rather than by a gradual reduction.
WordNet 3.0
- n. complete and abrupt withdrawal of all addictive drugs or anything else on which you have become dependent
- n. a blunt expression of views
Examples
“If you’re in the habit of drinking bottled beverages containing 30 or more radiance-robbing grams of sugar, you might either stop the sugar cold turkey which is really not painful if you sweeten the drinks smartly or progress gently down the sugar gram scale as your taste buds evolve.”
“I tell myself it’s just to help with the transitionthat going cold turkey was a bad ideathat this is going to be a short cutting cycle.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘cold turkey’.
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Songs Named After Food
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Talkin' Turkey
Big-tent list of all things turkey, from the name of the country to colloquial phrases containing the term turkey. Anything turkey-related is welcome.
turkey bacon, turkey and stuffing, Turkey, Naragansett, turkey tower, USS Turkey, turkey moray, tofurky, cold turkey, box office bomb, Turkey, NC, tom turkey and 35 more...
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Cold
Cold, cold, cold storage, cold shoulder, cold sore, cold front, cold water, cold turkey, cold fusion, cold sweat, cold shower, cold wave and 10 more...
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