Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb turn_turtle

1 sense of turn turtle

Sense 1
capsize, turtle, turn turtle -- (overturn accidentally; "Don't rock the boat or it will capsize!")
       => overturn, turn over, tip over, tump over -- (turn from an upright or normal position; "The big vase overturned"; "The canoe tumped over")