turnoff

[turn-awf, -of]

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noun

a small road that branches off from a larger one, especially a ramp or exit leading off a major highway: He took the wrong turnoff and it took him some 15 minutes to get back on the turnpike.
a place at which one diverges from or changes a former course.
an act of turning off.

the finished product of a certain manufacturing process, as weaving.
the quantity of fattened livestock distributed to market.
Slang. something or someone that makes one unsympathetic or antagonistic.

Origin of turnoff

First recorded in 1680–90; noun use of verb phrase turn off

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Contemporary Examples of turnoff

But one incident was such a turnoff for him that it nearly got him off booze himself.
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Kevin Fallon
October 20, 2012
Former contributors to the site attest that the ruling "in-crowd" is a turnoff for new users.
The Myth of Wikipedia Democracy
Nicholas Ciarelli
November 28, 2009

Historical Examples of turnoff

He met the captain at the corner of the "Turnoff" one day late in August.
Keziah Coffin
Joseph C. Lincoln
Rick swung into the Seaford turnoff and slowed for the main street.
Smugglers' Reef
John Blaine
Rick braked to a stop as the highway met the turnoff to Easton.
The Flying Stingaree
Harold Leland Goodwin
They reached the pumice works without seeing the geologist's lights again, and Rick stopped at the turnoff.
The Flaming Mountain
Harold Leland Goodwin
A few miles before the town of Lathrop Wells, Scotty spotted their turnoff.
The Scarlet Lake Mystery
Harold Leland Goodwin