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U-turner

noun

Etymology

From U-turn + -er.

  1. derived from *terh₁-✻ — “to rub, rub by turning, turn, twist, bore”
  2. derived from τόρνος — “turning-lathe: a tool used for making circles”
  3. derived from tornāre — “to round off, turn in a lathe”
  4. derived from torner — “to turn”
  5. derived from turnen
  6. inherited from *turnēn✻ — “to turn, lathe”
  7. inherited from turnian
  8. inherited from turnen
  9. formed as u-turn — “U + turn”
  10. suffixed as u-turner — “U-turn + er”

Definitions

  1. A person or vehicle that performs a U-turn.

  2. Someone who shifts from a previously held opinion or decision to its opposite.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA