Crossword clues for u-turn
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1934, from U + turn (n.). So called in reference to the shape of the path described.
Wiktionary
n. (alternative case form of U-turn English)
WordNet
n. complete reversal of direction of travel
Wikipedia
A U-turn is a driving maneuver used to reverse direction.
U-turn may also refer to:
- U-turn (politics) or flip-flop, a sudden policy change
- U-turn (banking), a type of international financial transaction
- U-Turn Vending, an American bulk vending company
- U-Turn (Serbian coalition), a Serbian political coalition
In film and television:
- U-Turn (1973 film), a Canadian film by George Kaczender, starring Maud Adams
- U Turn (1997 film), an American film by Oliver Stone, starring Sean Penn
- U Turn (2016 film), an Indian film
- U-turn (Weeds), a recurring character on the TV series Weeds
- U-Turn (The Amazing Race), a gameplay feature in the TV reality game show The Amazing Race
- U-Turn (TV series), a program on the Philippine channel UniversiTV
In music:
- U-Turn (album), an album by Brian McKnight
- "U-Turn" (song), a song by Usher
- "U-Turn", a song by Scatman John from Everybody Jam!
- "U-Turn", a song by Tegan and Sara from Love You to Death
- "U-Turn (Lili)", a song by AaRON
- Redirect U-turn
"U-Turn" is a song by Usher, released as the fourth international single from his 2001 album 8701. The song was a dance track produced by Jermaine Dupri and was a departure from the previous two smooth ballad singles that had been released from the album. The track reached the top 10 in Australia, the top 20 in the UK and Switzerland and was a top 40 hit in the Netherlands. The single was not released in the US.
The song was written by Usher, Dupri and Brian Michael Cox who co-wrote four songs on the album including hit single " U Got It Bad". The song also references Michael Jackson and Bobby Brown and also refers to the crunk style of rap making it one of the first mainstream R&B tracks to refer to that style.
U Turn is the 6th album by Brian McKnight released in 2003. The album takes much inspiration from Brian's split from his wife, which can be heard in songs such as "Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda" and "So Sorry" The album peaked at #7 on the Billboard 200, with the single, "Shoulda Woulda, Coulda" peaking at #35 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.
U Turn was certified Gold by the RIAA on May 13, 2003.
It included the singles "Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda" and "All Night Long" (featuring Nelly) which had moderate success on the R&B charts. While not pushed in the US, the track "So Sorry" was released in the Philippines in a Tagalog version, as McKnight had heard Martin Nievera singing it and wanted to record a version as well.
U-Turn, also known as The Girl in Blue, is a 1973 Canadian drama film directed by George Kaczender. It was entered into the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival.
A U-turn transaction, generally speaking, is a banned financial transaction done by a bank in country A (example: USA) for the benefit of a bank in country B (example: Iran) through offshore banks (example: Switzerland). This loophole is used by Iranian banks to avoid U.S. sanctions for their US dollar based transactions. The phrase "U-turn" applies because the funds are transferred to a U.S. bank and instantly turned back as dollars to a European bank.
U-Turn or Turnover! was a political coalition in Serbia, headed by Čedomir Jovanović. The coalition participated in the 2012 Serbian parliamentary election, and received 6.52% of the popular vote.
U-Turn is the seventeenth studio album by American soul musician Isaac Hayes. The album was released in 1986, by Columbia Records.
Usage examples of "u-turn".
She watches in the mirror as the two Xcabs try for a U-turn, getting caught up in the three cabs that were following.
He buzzes down the side of the containership, makes a U-turn around its prow.
Kitchen Aide advertisement, did an illegal U-turn across the highway, and followed the box up a narrow road that struggled up the slopes of First Mesa to serve the little stone villages of Walpi, Hano, and Sichomovi and whatever lay beyond them.
U-turn, and we pulled into the gas station and up to a hand crank pump.
After a ten-block ride, they turned left onto Porter Street for three blocks, then did a midblock U-turn that elicited a small gasp from Grace.
I ran a mile and a half down to the Cabana Recreation Center, did a U-turn, and then ran the mile and a half back, finally slowing to a brisk walk as I headed for home.
I did a scrambled U-turn and flew up them, my little legs pumping away like piston-rods.
Gab bie pulled an illegal U-turn on McDermott Street—after making sure no one was coming either way—and headed for what the locals called a highway.
Another shot ripped through the interior of the Lexus and she was off, correcting for the overswing caused by the crash, speeding through a red light, almost broadsiding a dilapidated truck that was lumbering along, clearing it and almost running over a delivery cyclist, stamping hard on the brakes, making the U-turn on Park Avenue in a welter of flying safety glass and torn chrome and plastic, heading downtown like a bat out of hell toward the Midtown Tunnel and home in Old Westbury.
Madame Schumann-Heink spun in a surprisingly agile U-turn and scurried before the truck, rocking cripplingly on dead shocks, her tail pipe farting in tin-can bursts and something Farrell didn’t want to think about dragging just back of her front axle.
He checked the lock and flipped a switch that doused the carport lights, backed the Rolls out and hung a U-turn, then headed west on Sunset.
Dale made a U-turn and drove back east, turning north onto Broad Avenue.
I pulled in beside the garbage bins and made another U-turn, so that I now faced the alley entrance.
As he came nearer she could see that his face was a mask of rage, and it flashed through her mind that she had seen him like that once before: when a careless taxi driver had made a sudden U-turn and knocked down a young man on a motorcycle, injuring him quite badly.
District Attorney Jim Garrison joked during the Shaw conspiracy trial that the government's nuclear physics lab could explain how a single bullet could travel through President Kennedy and Governor Connally five times while making several u-turns, then land in pristine condition on the President's gurney.