u-turn

1. 1.

   complete reversal of direction of travel

   Broaderreversion

Questions about u-turn

What does u-turn mean?

u-turn means "complete reversal of direction of travel".

How many syllables are in u-turn?

u-turn has 2 syllables: u--turn. The stress falls on "u-". In IPA it is /ˈjuˌtɝn/.

Is u-turn a common word?

u-turn is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with u-turn?

7 words rhyme with u-turn. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.