tumble on
to discover or find something by chance
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tumble to pieces
To be safely delivered, as in childbirth.
Tumbledown Dick
Anything that will not stand firmly. "Dick" is Richard Cromwell (1626- 1712), the Protector's son, who was but a tottering wall at best.
tumbler
A cart; also a sharper employed to draw in pigeons to game; likewise a posture-master, or rope-dancer. To shove the tumbler, or perhaps tumbril; to-be whipt at the cart's tail.
tuna taco
The vulva.
tune in
To watch or listen to a broadcast
tune out
To stop paying attention or listening
tune the old cow died of
An epithet for any ill-played or discordant piece of music. Originally the name of an old ballad, referred to by dramatists of Shakspeare’s time.
tune up
to prepare or improve something
tuneage
Music.
tuned in
paying attention to something
tuning goose
The entertainment given in Yorkshire when the corn at harvest was all safely stacked.
tunnel of love
The vagina.
tuns
A name at Pembroke College, Oxford, for small silver cups, each containing half a pint. Sometimes a TUN had a handle with a whistle, which could not be blown till the cup was empty.
tup
To have sex with, to bonk, etc.
tup
A ram: figuratively, a cuckold.
tup running
A rural sport practised at wakes and fairs in Derbyshire; a ram, whose tail is well soaped and greased, is turned out to the multitude; any one that can take him by the tail, and hold him fast, is to have him for his own.
tuppence worth
one's opinion or contribution
turd in the punchbowl
Something or someone that spoils an otherwise enjoyable situation
turd strangler
A plumber.
turf
On the turf; persons who keep running horses, or attend and bet at horse-races, are said to be on the turf.
turf
Horse-racing, and betting thereon; "on the TURF," one who occupies himself with race-horse business; said also of a street-walker, or nymph of the pavé.
turf war
A fierce competition or struggle for control or territory
turk
A cruel, hard-hearted man. Turkish treatment; barbarous usage. Turkish shore; Lambeth, Southwark, and Rotherhithe side of the Thames.
Turk Gregory
Fal staff's ne plus ultra of military valour — a humorous combination of the Sultan with Gregory VII (Hildebrand), probably the strongest of all the Popes.
turkey merchants
Dealers in plundered or contraband silk. Poulterers are sometimes termed TURKEY MERCHANTS in remembrance of Horne Tooke’s answer to the boys at Eton, who wished in an aristocratic way to know what his father was: "A TURKEY MERCHANT," replied Tooke—his father was a poulterer. TURKEY MERCHANT, also, was formerly slang for a driver of turkeys or geese to market.
turkey shoot
A situation that is very easy to succeed or win in
turn a corner
Start to recover or improve after a difficult period
turn a deaf ear
To intentionally ignore or refuse to listen to something
turn a hair
To be completely unmoved or unaffected by something
turn a number of shades of red
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
turn a phrase
To express something in a clever or skillful way
turn a profit
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
turn a setback into a comeback
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
turn a trick
To accomplish something cleverly or skillfully
turn about
To revolve.
turn against
To oppose or become hostile to someone or something previously supported
turn around
Change direction or situation completely
turn back
To change direction or return to a previous place
turn down
Refuse an offer or invitation
turn forth
To expel.
turn in
to submit or hand in something
turn in one's grave
To be deeply disturbed or offended, as if one were alive and reacting to a situation
turn into
To become.
turn into a pumpkin
To suddenly change into something unwanted or unpleasant
turn into something
Change or transform completely
turn it up
To quit, change, abscond, or abandon; "Ned has TURNED IT UP," i.e., run away; "I intend TURNING IT UP," i.e., leaving my present abode or employment, or altering my course of life.
turn loose
To release or set someone or something free
turn of events
An unexpected series of events or change in circumstances
turn of the screw
A sudden or intense increase in pressure or tension
turn off
to stop something from operating
turn on
To activate or start something
turn on its head
Completely reverse or change something
turn on one's heel
to suddenly stop or change direction
turn one's coat
To change one's allegiance or opinion for personal gain
turn one's color
To blush or change facial color due to emotion
turn one's nose up
To show disdain or disgust at something
turn out
happen or end in a certain way
turn out to be something
Common English phrase; full definition pending editorial review.
turn over
To give or transfer something to someone
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