Turret

Word TURRET
Character 6
Hyphenation tur ret
Pronunciations /ˈtʌɹɪt/

Definitions and meanings of "Turret"

What do we mean by turret?

A small tower or tower-shaped projection on a building. noun

A low, heavily armored structure, usually rotating horizontally, containing mounted guns and their gunners or crew, as on a warship or tank. noun

A domelike gunner's enclosure projecting from the fuselage of a combat aircraft. noun

A tall wooden structure mounted on wheels and used in ancient warfare by besiegers to scale the walls of an enemy fortress. noun

An attachment for a lathe consisting of a rotating cylindrical block holding various cutting tools. noun

A rotating device holding various lenses, as for a microscope, allowing easy switching from one lens to another. noun

A little tower rising from or otherwise connected with a larger building; a small tower, often crowning or finishing the angle of a wall, etc. noun

In medieval warfare, a movable building of a square form, consisting of ten or even twenty stories, and sometimes 180 feet high, usually moved on wheels, and employed in approaches to a fortified place for carrying soldiers, engines, ladders, etc. noun

Milit., a tower, often revolving, for offensive purposes, on land or water. See cut under monitor. noun

In her.: A small slender tower, usually forming part of a bearing, being set upon a larger tower. Sec turreted, 3. noun

A bearing representing a kind of scepter having both ends alike and resembling the ends of the cross avellane. See tirret. noun

In a railroad-car of American model, the raised part of the middle of the roof, utilized for affording light and ventilation. noun

In a lathe, a cylindrical or polygonal block on the bed, with holes around it for dies. noun

An attachment to a lathe, drill, boring-machine, or slotting-machine designed to hold and present to the work a series of boring-, drilling-, or cutting-tools, the object being to save the time lost in changing from one tool to another by hand. noun

Same as terret. noun

A little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the angles of a larger structure. noun

A movable building, of a square form, consisting of ten or even twenty stories and sometimes one hundred and twenty cubits high, usually moved on wheels, and employed in approaching a fortified place, for carrying soldiers, engines, ladders, casting bridges, and other necessaries. noun

A revolving tower constructed of thick iron plates, within which cannon are mounted. Turrets are used on vessels of war and on land. noun

A little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the corners of a building or castle.

A siege tower; a movable building, of a square form, consisting of ten or even twenty stories and sometimes one hundred and twenty cubits high, usually moved on wheels, and employed in approaching a fortified place, for carrying soldiers, engines, ladders, casting bridges, and other necessaries.

A tower-like solder post on a turret board (a circuit board with posts instead of holes).

An armoured, rotating gun installation on a fort, ship, aircraft, or armoured fighting vehicle.

The elevated central portion of the roof of a passenger car, with sides that are pierced for light and ventilation.

An automated stationary weapon that shoots everything that moves into its field of view. Also known as a sentry gun. Common enemy in FPSs (first person shooters). Urban Dictionary

An insult word created by a girl named Danielle one day in 8th grade while learning about the real word turret in school (which is a cylinder shaped window which usually protrudes from the side of houses built from the Victorian Era)and she just thought it would sound good as an insult so she told all her friends and changed the definition. It has no particular meaning, just to call people when thay act idiotic or retarded. Urban Dictionary

-The common mispelling of 'tourettes' -a small tower, usually that conjoining another, larger building Urban Dictionary

Exclamation typically shouted immediately after killing an opponent from a gun turret on Halo 2 Urban Dictionary

Turrets are the thing that males have. sometimes males say females have turrets, meaning their titties, but the actual meaning of it is balls. Urban Dictionary

A person with a small penis who likes to masturbate in front of children on skype. Urban Dictionary

A mental disorder that causes the patient to suffer from extreme turrets related to strictly Lil Uzi Vert song lyrics. Those affected are typically short, angry, gay for uzi, and named Luke Laite. Urban Dictionary

A word used to describe someone in Natural-Selection who builds 20+ turrets to block alien movement, and constantly walks around repairing them with a welder. Urban Dictionary

When ones fingers force them to type swear words uncontrollably, typically on internet forums. Urban Dictionary

When a fat woman has a hanging mound of fat that covers her pubic region in a bulbous type fashion like a gunners turret on an old warplane. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Turret

The word "turret" in example sentences

Nearly fifty years ago I sat cross-legged on the floor of what we called the turret room at the end of the long corridor above McDonald Road, and read about Everest in ‘The National Geographic’, and wanted to be a mountaineer. ❋ Mackay, Colin (2003)

The wall of the turret is a series of cellular spaces, like the chine of a shell-fish; and all these iron cells are to be filled up with teak, making one solid and uniform mass, which is to be again strengthened and rendered well-nigh impregnable by armour-plates. ❋ Unknown (1863)

Its registration number, painted in white on the turret, is U-8047 – chosen for its resemblance to U-BOAT. ❋ Helen Carter (2010)

I mean it certainly has it s defensive value (I'm pretty sure it's the most indestructible thing in the marvel universe), but in the world war 2 sense, imagine the experience of hiding in a trech with your squad pinned down and all of a sudden the NAzi turret is knocked down by a red white and blue disc with a star in the middle of it. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It was a piece of the ball turret from the Books Plane, which had been lying in his basement for 49 years. ❋ Unknown (1993)

All but about twenty percent of the tail turret is outside of the airplane. ❋ Unknown (1942)

The turret is not a movable one, but the guns can be trained to bear either fore or aft, or as broadside guns likewise. ❋ Unknown (1865)

The height of the turret is 9ft., and its diameter 21ft. 9in. ❋ Unknown (1862)

The keyhole of the door close by she calls her turret window; through this she can see half Rome, as far as the mighty cupola of St. Peter's. ❋ Alfred Walter Bayes (1840)

See your corrections ... and understand that in one or two instances in which they would seem not to be adopted, they _are_ so, by some modification of the previous, or following line ... as in one of the Sorrento lines ... about a 'turret' -- see! ❋ Robert Browning (1850)

Mr. PIERCE: This is what's known as a turret punch press. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And, everywhere, these things called turret trucks: high-lift vehicles designed to negotiate narrow passages and aisles. ❋ Tosches, Nick (2007)

The gun of 7.1 centimetres -- approximately 2.75 inches -- is mounted in the same manner upon the car-deck and over the driving axle, but is enclosed within a sheet steel turret, which is proof against rifle and machine-gun fire. ❋ Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot (N/A)

Her turret was a revolving, bomb-proof fort, in which were mounted two ❋ Henry Mann (N/A)

Beneath the turret is the date of 1585, when some grand additions were made to the mansion; and the above Grand ❋ Various (N/A)

During the great heat of the summer the inside of the turret was a veritable fiery furnace, with the pedals so hot that they scorched the feet. ❋ Kermit Roosevelt (1916)

In the angle is a staircase turret, which is circular at the bottom and polygonal above; and this probably was an access to a private apartment for a monk over the aisle of the transept containing the sacred shrine. ❋ Unknown (1906)

These forts, known as turret forts, are described on preliminary inspection as looking like a row of huge tortoise or turtle shells rising a few feet above the ground. ❋ Kelly Miller (1901)

"[Watch out] those [turrets]!" ❋ Arskangel (2004)

"Kelly, YOU [TURRET]!! Why are you [plucking] your [eyebrows] with the back of a CD?!?" ❋ Dan Da WOman (2003)

man, that guy joe has [a massive] case of [turrets]! don't you mean...[tourettes]? ❋ Turretguy (2009)

maple syrup: [TuRReTs]!! daftkill: aw [fuuuuuck]! maple syrup: TuRReTs!! TTOMO: aw sheeeyit! maple syrup: TuRReTs!! luckyelbow: damn you [mrs. butterworth]! maple syrup: TuRReTs!! ❋ TuRReTs! (2005)

[Alexandra]: "Wow he looks like he would have nice turrets!" [Rob]: "I know you do, babe." Alexandra: "OMG Rob your not using the correct form of turrets that I was using, you [tool]!" ❋ TURRET LUVA (2009)

James is such a [turret] he's gonna get [arrested] [someday]. ❋ Jackshiman (2018)

[This dude] won't stop singing [Money Longer]; he needs to shut the fuck up before I [curb stomp] him. He can't control it. Its like he got Uzi Turrets or something. ❋ Theurbanpoet69 (2020)

[Flayra] is a turret farmer! [KEKEKEKEKEKEKE] ❋ Superman22 (2005)

They accused me of [trolling] the [forums], I [considered] it Carpal Turrets. ❋ Adam12 [FOH] (2010)

[That bitch] was so [fat] I struggled to find her [fuckholes] behind her cunt turret. ❋ AngryBandy (2017)

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