“cold turkey”
To suddenly and completely stop a habit, addiction, or activity without a gradual reduction. Listen to how native speakers pronounce "cold turkey" in the video clips below.
Hear how "cold turkey" sounds in real speech — 1,000 examples from 8 videos, movies, and TV shows. Sources: Outer Banks, The Boys, You, Chris Williamson, PowerfulJRE and 1 more.
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TV ShowOuter Banks
Outer Banks — S03E03
“Cold turkey.”
Shut that shit down, Pipe. … That works for you?
Play at 30:28
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YouTubeChris Williamson107K views · 2025-12-25
Life Hacks: A Christmas Special (2025)
“cold turkey.”
goes … >> It's not cold turkey. similar to that,
Play at 22:11
YouTubePowerfulJRE2.1M views · 2025-04-29
Joe Rogan Experience #2312 - Jeremy Renner
“Cold turkey? Yeah. I didn't know.”
turkey off Oxycottton and Gabby Penton. … You didn't know how hard it would be.
Play at 27:41
YouTubePowerfulJRE1.6M views · 2025-03-18
Joe Rogan Experience #2291 - Bert Kreischer
“cold turkey benzos if you're if you're”
it's one of those things if you just … popping Xanax all day long and you're
Play at 1:04:43
YouTubeThe Diary Of A CEO2.0M views · 2025-07-03
World Expert on Love: Your Brain Already Picked Your Partner (But They’re Lying About Monogamy)
“cold turkey Turkey slowly and you just”
betaendorphine so you kind of go a bit … don't have that draw to go and see
Play at 1:44:02
YouTubePowerfulJRE1.1M views · 2024-09-10
Joe Rogan Experience #2200 - Kat Timpf
“cold turkey as soon as you knew that I”
have to wean yourself off or did you go … had to go cold turkey cuz I I yeah so
Play at 33:44
YouTubePowerfulJRE1.1M views · 2024-09-10
Joe Rogan Experience #2200 - Kat Timpf
“cold turkey at once”
IVF and um so I just quit everything … wow and so was it immediately hard or
Play at 34:18
TV ShowOuter Banks
Outer Banks — S03E03
“Cold turkey from all obsessive thoughts, huh?”
- That's so corny.
- Oh, come on, think about it. … It's gonna be hard. I have a lot of obsessive thoughts.
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TV ShowThe Boys
The Boys — S01E05
“-Cold turkey.
-Really?”
Nah, I'm fucking,
I'm fucking done. … -Yeah.
-Hmm.
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TV ShowYou
You — S02E01
“cold turkey leads to rebound,”
But, that said, … leads to heartbreak,
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