turnt
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of turnt
First recorded in 2005–10; variant of simple past tense and past participle of turn ( def. )
Example Sentences
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“That man Aune knew the song bar-for-bar and had us all turnt, too. It was just a real good moment for the team.”
From Washington Post • Oct. 22, 2022
"It’s going to be turnt in there," Harden said over the weekend, "and I’m ready for it."
From Fox News • Mar. 1, 2022
“But it ain’t gonna stop here. We’re gonna go up all night, we’re gonna get turnt up and turn this season around.”
From Seattle Times • Jan. 22, 2022
In a year when we’re gearing up for what’s being hyped as the most turnt summer ever, we could do worse than nod our heads to BTS’s latest earworm.
From Slate • Jun. 5, 2021
Then the ax handle come ’live; it shakes and cracks into long skinny splinters, Pap screams, and his hands come flying off the handle like it had turnt itself into a lightning bolt.”
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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