Definitions for turnabout

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turnabout turn·a·bout

Spelling: [turn-uh-bout]

IPA: /ˈtɜrn əˌbaʊt/

Turnabout is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 269 anagrams from letters in turnabout (abnorttuu).

Definitions for turnabout

noun

1. the act of turning in a different or opposite direction.
2. a change of opinion, loyalty, etc.
3. a reciprocal action; act of doing to someone exactly as that person has done to oneself or another:
4. a person who changes things; a radical.
5. Chiefly British. merry-go-round.

Origin of turnabout

First recorded in 1590-1600; noun use of verb phrase turn about

Examples for turnabout

turnabout may not always be fair play in the gulfs between the stars.

That is—until there was a question of turnabout being fair play in a world where natives took their skinning literally!

In the course of its fighting the monster may have to turnabout.