cold turkey

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. (uncountable) Sudden and complete withdrawal from a dependent substance, especially a drug.
2. (uncountable) The physiological effects of such a withdrawal.
3. (US, slang, uncountable) Something exposed as a target due to surmountable defense.

Adv

Not gradually; all at once. Refers especially to quitting a habit by force of will rather than by a gradual reduction.

Verb

To undergo sudden and complete withdrawal from a dependent substance, especially a drug.

Conceptos

a la vez

abstinencia abrupta

paralelamente

al alimón

al propio tiempo

en otro orden de cosas

al mismo tiempo

cara de palo

simultáneamente

Sinónimos

simultaneously

at once

at one time

at the same time

coincidently

right now

therewhile

in-your-face

cold turkey cure

cold turkey treatment

abreast

cotemporally

Traducciones

ao mesmo tempo

alhora

sevrage brutal

simul

abrupt

contemporaneamente

simultàniament

à la fois

zugleich

jeweils

paral·lelament

simultan

معًا

ohne Übergang

jeweilig

Etimología (Inglés)

Various explanations; see Cold turkey § Etymology on Wikipedia.