turkey
noun
1 turkey
Large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food.
synonym: Meleagris gallopavo.
Dutch: kalkoen
Polish: indyk
2 Turkey
A Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; on the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1918, the Young Turks, led by Kemal Ataturk, established a republic in 1923.
synonym: Republic of Turkey.
Dutch: Republiek Turkije, Turkije
Polish: Republika Turcji, Turcja
3 turkey
4 turkey
Flesh of large domesticated fowl usually roasted.
Polish: indyk
5 turkey
An event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual:
— The first experiment was a real turkey.
Moby thesaurus: Bantam, Cornish hen, banty, barn-door fowl, barnyard fowl, biddy, bomb, broiler, brooder, broody hen, bust, caille, canard, caneton, capon, chanticleer, chapon, chick, chickabiddy, chicken ... show more.
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