Definition of "cold turkey" []

• Slang Immediate, complete withdrawal from something on which one has become dependent, such as an addictive drug. (noun)
• Slang Blunt language or procedural method. (noun)
• Slang A cold fish. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "If you’re in the habit of drinking bottled beverages containing 30 or more radiance-robbing grams of sugar, you might either stop the sugar cold turkey which is really not painful if you sweeten the drinks smartly or progress gently down the sugar gram scale as your taste buds evolve."
• "I tell myself it’s just to help with the transitionthat going cold turkey was a bad ideathat this is going to be a short cutting cycle."