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to turducken

to turducken

9.0
To put one thing inside another, often in several layers
  • verb
  • /tərˈdʌkən/
  • US
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  • He likes to turducken gifts by wrapping smaller boxes inside bigger ones for fun.

Examples

  • For the party she will turducken the appetizers by placing small tarts inside larger pastry shells.

  • The programmer decided to turducken several functions into a single complex module.

  • We decided to turducken the layers of flavors in this dish.

  • Can you turducken the vegetables for the stew?

  • For the party, she will turducken the appetizers by placing small tarts inside larger pastry shells.

  • He likes to turducken gifts by wrapping smaller boxes inside bigger ones for fun.

  • The programmer decided to turducken several functions into a single complex module.

How Nested

to turducken
  • US
9.0
to combine
638 2.7
to put together
988 2.8

Surface Forms

turducken infinitive
turduckened past
turduckened past participle
turduckening present participle
turduckens third person singular

Morphology

turducken = turducken (semi-transparent) = tur + du + cken

The verb is formed by conversion from the noun 'turducken', but the generalized meaning 'nest several items inside one another' is analogical rather than fully predictable.

Etymology

To turducken something means to put items one 'inside' another, just like the dish that places a chicken inside a duck inside a turkey, and so the verb describes the act of nesting or layering things.