turn turtle

1. 1.

   overturn accidentally

   “Don't rock the boat or it will capsize!”

   Synonymscapsizeturtle

   Broaderoverturn

Questions about turn turtle

What does turn turtle mean?

turn turtle means "overturn accidentally".

What is another word for turn turtle?

Close synonyms include capsize, turtle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is turn turtle a common word?

turn turtle is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.