Meaning

1 senses
  1. An informal gesture used to indicate that a moment or situation is awkward.

Origin

From the resemblance to a turtle. The gesture seems to have been borrowed from Auslan sign

From the resemblance to a turtle. The gesture seems to have been borrowed from Auslan sign language.

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Forms

plural: awkward turtles
Singularawkward turtle
Pluralawkward turtles

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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