Usually means: Retreating defensively into a protective shell.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word turtling:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. turtling: Merriam-Webster
  2. turtling: Collins English Dictionary
  3. turtling: Vocabulary.com
  4. turtling: Wordnik
  5. turtling: Wiktionary
  6. turtling: Dictionary.com
  7. Turtling (disambiguation), Turtling (gameplay), Turtling (hunting), Turtling (sailing), Turtling: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Turtling: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. turtling: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. Turtling: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. turtling: FreeDictionary.org
  12. Turtling: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Technopedia (No longer online)
  2. turtling: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. turtling: Medical dictionary

(Note: See turtle as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (turtling)

noun:  The hunting of turtles (the reptiles).
noun:  (nautical) Turning turtle.
noun:  (figuratively) Any slow progression or build-up.
noun:  (games (board, card, and computer)) A defensive strategy of avoiding conflict, by maintaining strong defense and little to no offense, whilst staying in a fixed position.
noun:  A baby turtle.

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