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[3] electrify, excite, exhilarate, galvanize, intoxicate, thrill, titillate—more at THRILL

turn·out noun 1 : an act of turning out

2 : the number of people who participate or attend an event

3 : a widened place in a highway for vehicles to pass or park

4 : manner of dress

5 : net yield : OUTPUT

turn out verb 1 : EXPEL, EVICT

2 : PRODUCE

3 : to come forth and assemble

4 : to get out of bed

5 : to prove to be in the end

6 : to cause to stop functioning by turning a switch

Synonyms

come out, pan out, prove—more at COME OUT

1turnover noun 1 : UPSET

2 : SHIFT, REVERSAL

3 : a filled pastry made by turning half of the crust over the other half

4 : the volume of business done

5 : movement (as of goods or people) into, through, and out of a place

6 : the number of persons hired within a period to replace those leaving or dropped

7 : an instance of a team's losing possession of the ball esp. through error

2turnover adjective : capable of being turned over

turn over verb 1 : to turn from an upright position

2 : to take and hand over to or leave for another

Synonyms

[1] flip, reverse—more at REVERSE

[2] commend, commit, consign, delegate, deliver, entrust, give, hand over, leave, pass, surrender, transfer, transmit, trust, vest—more at GIVE

turn·pike noun [ORIGIN: ME turnepike revolving frame bearing spikes and serving as a barrier, fr. turnen to turn + pike]

1 : TOLLGATE; also : an expressway on which tolls are charged

2 : a main road

Synonyms

highway, pike, road, route, thoroughfare, way

turn·stile noun : a post with arms pivoted on the top set in a passageway so that persons can pass through only on foot one by one

turn·ta·ble noun : a circular platform that revolves (as for turning a locomotive or a phonograph record)

turn to verb : to apply oneself to work

turn up verb 1 : to come to light or bring to light

2 : to arrive at an appointed time or place

3 : to happen unexpectedly

4 : to raise or increase by or as if by turning a control

Synonyms

[1] appear, come out, materialize, show up—more at APPEAR

[2] arrive, come, land, show up—more at COME

tur·pen·tine noun 1 : a mixture of oil and resin obtained from various cone-bearing trees (as pines)

2 : an oil distilled from turpentine or pine wood and used as a solvent and paint thinner

tur·pi·tude noun : inherent baseness : DEPRAVITY

tur·quoise also tur·quois noun [ORIGIN: ME turkeys, fr. AF turkeise, fr. fem. of turkeis Turkish, fr. Turc Turk]

1 : a blue, bluish green, or greenish gray mineral that is valued as a gem

2 : a light greenish blue color

tur·ret noun 1 : a little ornamental tower often at a corner of a building

2 : a low usu. revolving structure (as on a tank or warship) in which one or more guns are mounted

1turtle noun, archaic

: TURTLEDOVE

2turtle noun, plural turtles also turtle : any of an order of horny-beaked land, freshwater, or sea reptiles with the trunk enclosed in a bony shell

tur·tle·dove noun : any of several small pigeons noted for plaintive cooing

tur·tle·neck noun : a high close-fitting turnover collar (as on a sweater); also : a sweater or shirt with a turtleneck

— tur·tle·necked adjective

turves plural of TURF

Tus·ca·ro·ra noun, plural Tuscarora or Tuscaroras : a member of an American Indian people of No. Carolina and later of New York and Ontario

tusk noun : a long enlarged protruding tooth (as of an elephant, walrus, or boar) used esp. to dig up food or as a weapon

— tusked adjective

tusk·er noun : an animal with tusks; especially : a male elephant with two normally developed tusks

1tussle noun 1 : a physical struggle : SCUFFLE

2 : an intense argument, controversy, or struggle

Synonyms

battle, clash, combat, conflict, contest, fight, fracas, fray, hassle, scrap, scrimmage, scuffle, skirmish, struggle—more at FIGHT

2tussle verb tus·sled; tus·sling