1. turtled - Adjective
2. turtled - Verb
turtled
simple past and past participle of turtle
turtled (not comparable)
(nautical) Capsized; turned upside-down in the water.
In 2008, Barack Obama did get Democrats hyperventilating, whipped up to a creamy froth, while John McCain creaked ahead like a cranky granddad whom Republicans let move to the front of the buffet line, deferring to seniority, as they had in 1996, when Bob Dole turtled to the top of the ticket. James Wolcott