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turtle down

turtle down verb: to shrink (to cower or flinch).

Verb

turtle down (third-person singular simple present turtles down, present participle turtling down, simple past and past participle turtled down)

  1. (intransitive) To shrink (to cower or flinch).
    • As soon as he entered the haunted house, he turtled down into his jacket.

Forms of turtle down

third-person singular presentturtles down
present participleturtling down
past participleturtled down
pastturtled down

Questions about turtle down

What does turtle down mean?
Turtle down means to shrink (to cower or flinch).
What part of speech is turtle down?
Turtle down is a verb.
What is the past tense of turtle down?
The past tense of turtle down is turtled down.

Words near turtle down in the dictionary

  1. turtle crawls
  2. turtle curb
  3. turtle curbs
  4. turtle dove
  5. turtle doves
  6. turtle down
  7. turtle excluder device
  8. turtle excluder devices
  9. turtle frog
  10. turtle frolic
  11. turtle frolics

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