Third-person singular simple present indicative form of turtle

plural of turtle / (UK, rhyming slang) Gloves.

plural of Turtle

simple past tense and past participle of turtle

(nautical) Capsized; turned upside-down in the water.

(now rare, archaic) A turtle dove.

(intransitive) To flip over onto the back or top; to turn upside down. / (intransitive) To move along slowly. / (intransitive) To turn and swim upside down.

(zoology, US, Canada) Any land or marine reptile of the order Testudines, characterised by a protective shell enclosing its body. See also tortoise.

present participle of turtle

The hunting of turtles (the reptiles). / (nautical) Turning turtle. / (figuratively) Any slow progression or build-up.