kerralla — meaning in English
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English meaning
- cold turkey noun The abrupt and complete withdrawal from an addictive substance, without tapering the dose or using any medication to soften the effects; also the physical symptoms this produces.
- sheer adjective Thin enough to see through.
Senses
kerralla is used for these senses in English:
- all at once Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see All at the same time; all together.
- at once At the same time; simultaneously; together.
- at one time Simultaneously, at once.
- chugalug In continuous gulps
- cold turkey (idiomatic) Not gradually; all at once. Refers especially to quitting a habit by force of will rather than by a gradual reduction.
- sheer (archaic) Clean; completely; at once.
cold turkey — full definition
- noun The abrupt and complete withdrawal from an addictive substance, without tapering the dose or using any medication to soften the effects; also the physical symptoms this produces.
- adverb Suddenly and completely, with no gradual reduction, used of stopping any habit.
- noun Blunt, unvarnished talk that gets straight to the unpleasant point.
sheer — full definition
- adjective Thin enough to see through.
- adjective Complete or absolute, used for emphasis.
- adjective Very steep, almost straight up and down.