cold turkey

Definition of Cold Turkey in English :

1. cold turkey

a blunt expression of views

Example Sentences:
'I told him cold turkey'

2. cold turkey

complete and abrupt withdrawal of all addictive drugs or anything else on which you have become dependent

Example Sentences:
'he quit smoking cold turkey'
'she quit her job cold turkey'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Cold Turkey

noun

1. slang

a method of curing drug addiction by abrupt withdrawal of all doses

2.

the withdrawal symptoms, esp nausea and shivering, brought on by this method

Slang

1.

by abruptly and totally withdrawing from an addiction to drugs, tobacco, etc.

2.

in a frank, blunt, or matter-of-fact way

to talk cold turkey about our chances

3.

without preparation or preliminaries

n.

Immediate, complete withdrawal from something on which one has become dependent, such as an addictive drug.

adv.

1. Immediately and without gradual reduction of use: quit smoking cold turkey.

2. Frankly or directly; without mincing words: spoke to her staff cold turkey about the likelihood of layoffs.