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Webster 1913 Edition


Turtling

Tur′tling

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Noun.
The act, practice, or art of catching turtles.
Marryat.

Definition 2024


turtling

turtling

English

Noun

turtling (uncountable)

  1. The hunting of turtles (the reptiles).
  2. (nautical) Turning turtle.
  3. (figuratively) Any slow progression or build-up.
  4. (games (board, card, and computer)) A defensive strategy of avoiding conflict, usually in a fixed position.

Verb

turtling

  1. present participle of turtle

Etymology 2

From turtle + -ling.

Noun

turtling (plural turtlings)

  1. A baby turtle.
    • 1912, William Vaughn Moody, The poems and plays of William Vaughn Moody:
      Drowsy with dawn, barely asail, Buzzes the blue-bottle over the shale, Scared from the pool by the leaping trout; And the brood of turtlings clamber out On the log by their oozy house.
    • 1997, in Sportdiving (magazine), volumes 59–64, page 94:
      The turtle-lings, kept in safety until they are three months old, are then released into the wild.
    • 2012, Alexandra de Vries, Shawn Blore, Frommer's Brazil:
      Fifty days later, more or less, the little turtlings hatch, dig their way up through the sand, and make a mad scramble to the sea.