turn-on

1. 1.

   something causing excitement or stimulating interest

   Broaderstimulation

   colloquialism

Questions about turn-on

What does turn-on mean?

turn-on means "something causing excitement or stimulating interest".

How many syllables are in turn-on?

turn-on has 2 syllables and divides as tur-n-on under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is turn-on a common word?

turn-on is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.