as in clam
a cold aloof person
my new boss is a cold turkey and definitely not one for chitchat
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Recent Examples of cold turkey
If going off Wi-Fi cold turkey seems too extreme, Aguiar suggested giving kids a bit of time on devices as needed before taking them to do something else.
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Nathan Diller, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
But unlike nicotine or narcotics, food is something that all people need to survive, so quitting cold turkey isn’t an option.
—Claire Wilcox, The Conversation, 10 Oct. 2025
Don’t quit everything you are involved with cold turkey.
—Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2025
Reduce work hours gradually instead of stopping cold turkey.
—Wes Moss, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for cold turkey
Nathan Diller, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
But unlike nicotine or narcotics, food is something that all people need to survive, so quitting cold turkey isn’t an option.
—Claire Wilcox, The Conversation, 10 Oct. 2025
Don’t quit everything you are involved with cold turkey.
—Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2025
Reduce work hours gradually instead of stopping cold turkey.
—Wes Moss, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for cold turkey
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cold turkey
Noun
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The second course comes with a clam chowder or elote street corn soup.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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Du identified bristleworms, gastropods, clams, tubeworms and other organisms living in the extreme depths, supported not by sunlight but chemosynthetic microbes drawing energy from methane and sulfide seeping through the ocean floor.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
31 Dec. 2025
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That impulse extends to dealing with occasional rude customers at her day gig, where the coworkers are nice but the boss, family-business heir Maxwell Sterling (Peter Serafinowicz), is one nasty cold fish.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
27 Nov. 2025
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Lancelot, still the Round Table’s greatest hero, is a bit of a cold fish with an unexpected role to play as the saga winds to its close.—
Elizabeth Hand,
Washington Post,
16 July 2024
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Trump put on one of the rings, flashed it to the cameras and waved his new hockey stick during the ceremony.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
16 Jan. 2026
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On Tippett’s second-period goal, Grebenkin made a heads-up play to stick-check Samuelsson, opening up the shooting lane.—
Kevin Kurz,
New York Times,
15 Jan. 2026
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Charles has visited every continent on Earth, drinking rancid yak butter tea in Lhasa, snorkeling with sea lions in the Galapagos and even climbing an iceberg in Antarctica.—
Charles Q. Choi,
Space.com,
14 Jan. 2026
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Climate change will probably lead other icebergs to a similar fate.—
Devika Rao,
TheWeek,
14 Jan. 2026
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“Cold turkey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cold%20turkey. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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