turtle
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
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computing
computing-theory
dance
dancing
engineering
government
hobbies
lifestyle
mathematics
media
military
natural-sciences
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politics
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publishing
sciences
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television
video-games
war
zoology
Etymology: Modification of Middle English tortou, tortu, from Old French tortüe (under the influence of Middle English turtel, turtur (“turtledove”), see Etymology 2 below), from Medieval Latin tortuca (compare Spanish tortuga), the same source of tortoise (see there for more). Displaced native Old English byrdling (See birdling).
Inflected forms:
form: turtles
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: tortle
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: turtles
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: turtling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: turtled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: turtled
pos: verb
tags: past
form: tortle
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: Any land, aquatic, or semi-aquatic reptile of the order Testudines, characterised by a protective shell enclosing its body. See also tortoise.
pos: noun
tags: Canada
US
examples: A unique anti-aphrodisiac was the heart of a turtle carried in a wolf's skin. It prevented a person from ever being tempted amorously.
gloss: A marine reptile of that order.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
UK
specifically
gloss: An Ancient Roman attack method, where the shields held by the soldiers hide them, not only left, right, front and back, but also from above.
pos: noun
tags: historical
gloss: A type of robot having a domed case (and so resembling the reptile), used in education, especially for making line drawings by means of a computer program.
pos: noun
gloss: An on-screen cursor that serves the same function as a turtle for drawing.
pos: noun
examples: Depending on which version of Logo you have, the turtle may look like an actual animal with a head and four legs or — as in Berkeley Logo — it may be represented as a triangle.
gloss: The curved plate in which the form is held in a type-revolving cylinder press.
pos: noun
tags: historical
gloss: A small element towards the end of a list of items to be bubble sorted, and thus tending to take a long time to be swapped into its correct position. Compare rabbit.
pos: noun
gloss: A breakdancing move consisting of a float during which the dancer's weight shifts from one hand to the other, producing rotation or a circular "walk".
pos: noun
gloss: A low stand for a lamp etc.
pos: noun
examples: Alan Bermingham, Location Lighting for Television
Using an appropriate turtle allows the full range of pan and tilt adjustments on the luminaire and avoids possible heat damage to floor coverings.
gloss: A candy with pecans, caramel, and chocolate, often shaped like a turtle.
pos: noun
gloss: To flip over onto the back or top; to turn upside down.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Were speeding when car turtled […] Auto crashed into curb and turtled.
gloss: To move along slowly.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: We turtled along in Manitoba, back into the heart of the prairies.
gloss: To turn and swim upside down.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: I turtled my board beneath it, flipped upright, and started paddling again.
gloss: To hunt turtles, especially in the water.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Of these, 80 turtled (65%), 26 hunted and turtled (20%), and 18 hunted (15%).
gloss: To build up a large defense force and strike only occasionally, rather than going for an offensive strategy.
pos: verb
gloss: To struggle to hold back an involuntary bowel movement.
pos: verb
tags: euphemistic
idiomatic
slang
Synonyms: birdling
chelid
chelonian
shellpad
shield-toad
terrapin
testudine
tortoise
turpin
Related words: :Category:Reptiles
reptilelike
chelonian
hatchling
terrapin
tortoise
Translations:
lang: Abenaki
word: tolba
lang: Abkhaz
word: акәуа
roman: akʷʼwa
lang: Afrikaans
word: skilpad
lang: Ahom
word: 𑜄𑜧
roman: taw
lang: Akkadian
word: 𒁄𒄀
roman: /⁠raqqu⁠/
lang: Akkadian
word: 𒃻𒅮𒈾
roman: /⁠šelappu⁠/
lang: Albanian
word: breshkë
lang: Southern Altai
word: таш-бака
roman: taš-baka
lang: Alviri-Vidari
word: لوکپشت
roman: lovek-pošt
lang: Arabic
word: سُلَحْفَاة
roman: sulaḥfāh
lang: Arabic
word: غَيْلَم
roman: ḡaylam
lang: Arabic
word: سلحفة
roman: sulḥefa
lang: Arabic
word: حمسة
roman: ḥmisa
lang: Arabic
word: سلحفة
roman: sulḥafa
lang: Arabic
word: فكرون
roman: fakrūn
lang: Arabic
word: سلحفة
roman: sulaḥfa
lang: Arabic
word: زِلْحفِة
roman: zílḥefi
lang: Arabic
word: سلحفة
roman: sulḥafá
lang: Arabic
word: سلحفاة
roman: sulaḥfá
lang: Arabic
word: سلحفة
roman: sulḥufá
lang: Arabic
word: كركعة
roman: kurkaʕa
lang: Tunisian Arabic
word: فكرون
roman: fakrūn
lang: Aragonese
word: tartuga
lang: Aramaic
word: ܪܩܐ
roman: raqqā, reqqā
lang: Aramaic
word: ܣܠܘܦܝܬܐ
roman: sallōp̄īṯā
lang: Armenian
word: կրիա
roman: kria
lang: Aromanian
word: broascã tsãstoasã
lang: Assamese
word: কাছ
roman: kaso
lang: Asturian
word: tortuga
lang: Atayal
word: ksipa
lang: Avar
word: щурункъверкъ
roman: ššurunqxʷʼerqxʼ
lang: Azerbaijani
word: tısbağa
lang: West Coast Bajau
word: akah
lang: West Coast Bajau
word: penu
lang: Baoule
word: abu
lang: Bashkir
word: ташбаҡа
roman: taşbaqa
lang: Bashkir
word: гөбөргәйел
roman: göbörgəyel
lang: Basque
word: dortoka
lang: Belarusian
word: чарапа́ха
roman: čarapáxa
lang: Bengali
word: কাছিম
roman: kachim
lang: Bengali
word: কাটুয়া
roman: kaṭuẏa
lang: Bau Bidayuh
word: ponyu
lang: Central Bikol
word: baho
lang: Blackfoot
word: spopii
lang: Breton
word: baot
lang: Bulgarian
word: костену́рка
roman: kostenúrka
lang: Bulgarian
word: же́лва
roman: žélva
lang: Burmese
word: လိပ်
roman: lip
lang: Catalan
word: tortuga
lang: Catawba
word: káia
lang: Cebuano
word: bao
lang: Chamicuro
word: majpolo
lang: Chechen
word: уьнтӏепхьид
roman: üntʼepḥʳid
lang: Cheyenne
word: ma'ëno
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 龜 /龟
roman: gwai¹
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 烏龜 /乌龟
roman: wu¹ gwai¹
lang: Chinese
word: бегэ
roman: bi͡əge
lang: Chinese
word: бе
roman: bi͡ə
lang: Eastern Min Chinese
word: 烏龜 /乌龟
roman: ŭ-gŭi
lang: Eastern Min Chinese
word: 龜 /龟
roman: gŭi
lang: Chinese
word: 烏龜 /乌龟
roman: zh-min-nan
lang: Chinese
word: 龜 /龟
roman: ku
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 龜 /龟
roman: guī
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 烏龜 /乌龟
roman: wūguī
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 王八
roman: wángba
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 鱉 /鳖
roman: biē
lang: Wu Chinese
word: 烏龜 /乌龟
roman: ¹u-ciu
lang: Choctaw
word: luksi
lang: Coptic
word: ⲕⲁⲑⲓⲣⲟⲥ
roman: kathiros
lang: Cornish
word: kronek ervys mor
lang: Cornish
word: morgroban
lang: Cree
word: ᒥᐢᑭᓈᕁ
roman: miskinaahk
lang: Northern East Cree
word: ᑖᐦᑖᐤ
roman: taahtaaw
lang: Crimean Tatar
word: qapulbaqa
lang: Crow
word: basáxa
lang: Czech
word: želva
lang: Dakota
word: keya
lang: Danish
word: skildpadde
lang: Darkinjung
word: kutumung
lang: Daur
word: xabil
lang: Drung
word: chvkop
lang: Dutch
word: schildpad
lang: Erzya
word: бака
roman: baka
lang: Esperanto
word: testudo
lang: Esperanto
word: kelonio
lang: Estonian
word: kilpkonn
lang: Faroese
word: skjaldbøka
lang: Fijian
word: vonu
lang: Finnish
word: kilpikonna
lang: French
word: tortue
lang: Old French
word: wecle
lang: West-Frisian
word: skyldpod
lang: Galician
word: tartaruga
lang: Galician
word: sapoconcho
lang: Georgian
word: ზღვის კუ
roman: zɣvis ḳu
lang: Georgian
word: კუ
roman: ḳu
lang: German
word: Schildkröte
lang: Gilbertese
word: tabwakea
lang: Greek
word: χελώνα
roman: chelóna
lang: Ancient Greek
word: χέλυς
roman: khélus
lang: Ancient Greek
word: χελώνη
roman: khelṓnē
lang: Greenlandic
word: saaniluk
lang: Gullah
word: cootuh
lang: Haitian Creole
word: tòti
lang: Hawaiian
word: honu
lang: Hebrew
word: צָב
roman: tsav
lang: Higaonon
word: bao-o
lang: Hindi
word: कछुआ
roman: kachuā
lang: White Hmong
word: vaub kib
lang: Hopi
word: yöngösona
lang: Hungarian
word: teknősbéka
lang: Hungarian
word: teknős
lang: Icelandic
word: skjaldbaka
lang: Ido
word: tortugo
lang: Indonesian
word: penyu
lang: Ingrian
word: cerepaha
lang: Irish
word: turtar
lang: Italian
word: tartaruga
lang: Italian
word: testuggine
lang: Iu Mien
word: doc
lang: Japanese
word: 亀
roman: kame
lang: Japanese
word: カメ
roman: kame
lang: Javanese
word: bulus
lang: Jeju
word: 거북
roman: geobuk
lang: Kamta
word: পানীমাছ
roman: panimas
lang: Kannada
word: ಆವೆ
roman: āve
lang: Kannada
word: ಆಮೆ
roman: āme
lang: Kapampangan
word: pau
lang: Kapampangan
word: pawu
lang: Kazakh
word: тасбақа
roman: tasbaqa
lang: Khmer
word: អណ្ដើក
roman: ʼɑɑʼɑndaək
lang: Kimaragang
word: borungai
lang: Klamath-Modoc
word: ngak
lang: Korean
word: 거북
roman: geobuk
lang: Korean
word: 바다거북
roman: badageobuk
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: req
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: kûsî
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: kîso
lang: Kyrgyz
word: ташбака
roman: taşbaka
lang: Lakota
word: khéya
lang: Lao
word: ເຕົ່າ
roman: tao
lang: Latgalian
word: brūnisrupucs
lang: Latin
word: testūdō
lang: Latvian
word: bruņurupucis
lang: Lingala
word: nkóbá
lang: Lithuanian
word: vėžlys
lang: Lü
word: ᦎᧁᧈ
roman: ṫaw¹
lang: Luba-Kasai
word: nkuvu
lang: Luba-Katanga
word: nkuvu
lang: Lutuv
word: mingcakuvnung
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Deckelsmouk
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Schildkröt
lang: Macedonian
word: же́лка
roman: žélka
lang: Makasae
word: fenu
lang: Malay
word: tuntung
lang: Malay
word: labi-labi
lang: Malay
word: penyu
lang: Malay
word: akah
lang: Malecite-Passamaquoddy
word: cihkonaqc
lang: Malecite-Passamaquoddy
word: mikcikc
lang: Maltese
word: fekruna
lang: Mam
word: petz
lang: Manchu
word: ᡝᡳᡥᡠᠮᡝ
roman: eihume
lang: Mansaka
word: bao
lang: Manx
word: shligganagh marrey
lang: Manx
word: turtyl
lang: Māori
word: honu
lang: Maranao
word: bao'o
lang: Marathi
word: कासव
roman: kāsav
lang: Mauritian Creole
word: torti
lang: Central Melanau
word: panyok
lang: Mi'kmaq
word: migjigj
lang: Mongolian
word: яст мэлхий
roman: jast melxii
lang: Nahuatl
word: ayotl
lang: Nanai
word: аян
roman: ajan
lang: Navajo
word: chʼééh digháhii
lang: Navajo
word: tsisteeł
lang: Nivkh
word: ая
roman: aja
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: skilpadde
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: skjelpadde
lang: Nuosu
word: ꀌꀠꎭꉻ
roman: uox ba sha ho
lang: Nyunga
word: yarkan
lang: Occitan
word: tartuga
lang: Okinawan
word: 亀
roman: kāmī
lang: Church Slavic
word: желꙑ
roman: žely
lang: Old East Slavic
word: желꙑ
roman: žely
lang: Old English
word: byrdling
lang: Oromo
word: qocaa
lang: Ossetian
word: уӕртджын хӕфс
roman: wærtǵyn xæfs
lang: Pali
word: kacchapa
lang: Pannonian Rusyn
word: коритнявка
roman: koritnjavka
lang: Papiamentu
word: turtuga
lang: Pashto
word: کيشپ
roman: kišáp
lang: Pashto
word: شمشتى
roman: šamšatáy
lang: Penobscot
word: dolba
lang: Iranian Persian
word: لاکپُشْت
roman: lâk-pošt
lang: Iranian Persian
word: کَشَف
roman: kašaf
lang: Iranian Persian
word: سَنْگپُشْت
roman: sang-pošt
lang: Iranian Persian
word: باخِه
roman: bâxe
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Schiltkjrät
lang: Polish
word: żółw
lang: Portuguese
word: tartaruga
lang: Quapaw
word: kke
lang: Quechua
word: charapa
lang: Rapa Nui
word: honu
lang: Romanian
word: broască țestoasă
lang: Russian
word: черепа́ха
roman: čerepáxa
lang: Russian
word: желвь
roman: želvʹ
lang: Northern Sami
word: galbarihcci
lang: Sanskrit
word: कच्छप
roman: kacchapa
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: crùban-coille
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: sligeanach
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ко̀рњача
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: kòrnjača
lang: Seychellois Creole
word: torti
lang: Shan
word: တဝ်ႇ
roman: tào
lang: Sinhalese
word: කැස්බෑවා
roman: kæsbǣwā
lang: Slovak
word: korytnačka
lang: Slovene
word: želva
lang: Somali
word: qoolley
lang: Somali
word: qubo
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: nopawa
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: žołw
lang: Spanish
word: tortuga
lang: Spanish
word: quelonio
lang: Sranan Tongo
word: sekrepatu
lang: Sudovian
word: zelvīs
lang: Swahili
word: kobe class I/IX
lang: Swedish
word: sköldpadda
lang: Sylheti
word: ꠇꠣꠐ꠆ꠐꠥꠀ
roman: xaṭṭua
lang: Tagalog
word: pagong
lang: Tajik
word: сангпушт
roman: sangpušt
lang: Tajik
word: боха
roman: boxa
lang: Tajik
word: локпушт
roman: lokpušt
lang: Tamil
word: ஆமை
roman: āmai
lang: Tarifit
word: išfar
lang: Tarifit
word: tišfart
lang: Tatar
word: ташбака
roman: taşbaqa
lang: Telugu
word: తాబేలు
roman: tābēlu
lang: Ternate
word: ori
lang: Tewa
word: oekuu
lang: Thai
word: เต่า
roman: dtào
lang: Tibetan
word: རུས་སྦལ
roman: rus sbal
lang: Tocharian B
word: kaccāp
lang: Tsonga
word: gamba
lang: Tswana
word: khudu
lang: Turkish
word: kaplumbağa
lang: Turkish
word: tosbağa
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: كشف
roman: keşef
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: قاپلومبغه
roman: ḳaplumbağa
lang: Turkmen
word: pyşbaga
lang: Tuvan
word: языты-мелегей
roman: yazıtı-melegey
lang: Tuvan
word: мелегей
roman: melegey
lang: Ukrainian
word: черепа́ха
roman: čerepáxa
lang: Unami
word: tahkox
lang: Unami
word: tulpe
lang: Urdu
word: کَچُھوا
roman: kachuā
lang: Uyghur
word: تاشپاقا
roman: tashpaqa
lang: Uzbek
word: musicha
lang: Uzbek
word: toshbaqa
lang: Vietnamese
word: rùa
lang: Volapük
word: tortug
lang: Welsh
word: crwban
lang: Wolof
word: mbonnat mi
lang: Yámana
word: uštakáluš
lang: Yiddish
word: שילדקרעט
roman: shildkret
lang: Yiddish
word: טשערעפּאַכע
roman: tsherepakhe
lang: Yoruba
word: ìjàpá
lang: Yucatec Maya
word: aak
lang: Zazaki
word: kesa (diq)
lang: Zhuang
word: duzgvi
lang: Zhuang
word: gvi