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tur·key (tûr k )n. pl. tur·keys 1. a. A large North American bird (Meleagris gallopavo) that has brownish plumage and a bare wattled head and neck and is widely domesticated for food. b. A related bird (Agriocharis ocellata) of Mexico and Central America, brilliantly colored and having eyelike spots on its tail. 2. Slang a. A person considered inept or undesirable. b. A failure, especially a failed theatrical production or movie. 3. Sports Three consecutive strikes in bowling. Idiom: talk turkey Informal To speak frankly and get down to the basic facts of a matter.
[After Turkeyfrom a confusion with the guinea fowl, once believed to have originated in Turkish territory.] |
turkey Noun pl -keys or -key 1. a large bird of North America bred for its meat 2. Informal, chiefly US & Canad something, esp. a theatrical production, that fails 3. cold turkey Slang a method of curing drug addiction by abrupt withdrawal of all doses 4. talk turkey Informal, chiefly US & Canad to discuss, esp. business, frankly and practically [used at first of the African guinea fowl (because it was brought through Turkish territory), later applied by mistake to the American bird]
Turkey1. the political doctrines and achievements of Kemal Ataturk (1881-1938), Turkish general and statesman.
2. support of or adherence to Ataturk. — Kemalist, n., adj. an obsession with Turkey and things Turkish.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Noun | 1. |  turkey - large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food | | 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 1923Dardanelles campaign, Dardanelles - the unsuccessful campaign in World War I (1915) by the English and French to open a passage for aid to Russia; defeated by the Turks Aga, Agha - title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey) IBDA-C, Islamic Great Eastern Raiders-Front - a Turkish terrorist organization that claimed responsibility for bombing a British consulate and bank in Istanbul; a violent opponent of Turkey's secular government and its ties to the European Union and NATO Jerusalem Warriors - ethnic Turkish Sunni terrorists who are linked with the Turkish Hizballah; killed a United States Air Force sergeant in 1991 Turkish Hizballah - an ethnic Kurdish group of Sunni extremists formed in the late 1980s in southeastern Turkey; seeks to replace Turkey's secular regime with an Islamic state and strict shariah law; responsible for bombings and the torture and murder of Turkish and Kurdish journalists and businessmen; receives support from Iran Anatolia, Asia Minor - a peninsula in southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey Middle East, Mideast, Near East - the area around the eastern Mediterranean; from Turkey to northern Africa and eastward to Iran; the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam; had continuous economic and political turmoil in the 20th century; "the Middle East is the cradle of Western civilization" Kurdistan - an extensive geographical region in the Middle East to the south of the Caucasus Abydos - an ancient Greek colony on the Asiatic side of the Dardanelles; scene of the legend of Hero and Leander Adana, Seyhan - a city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River Adalia, Antalya - a port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya Antakiya, Antakya, Antioch - a town in southern Turkey; ancient commercial center and capital of Syria; an early center of Christianity Halicarnassus - an ancient Greek city on the southwestern coast of Asia Minor in what is now Turkey; site of the mausoleum at Halicarnassus Constantinople, Istanbul, Stamboul, Stambul - the largest city and former capital of Turkey; rebuilt on the site of ancient Byzantium by Constantine I in the fourth century; renamed Constantinople by Constantine who made it the capital of the Byzantine Empire; now the seat of the Eastern Orthodox Church Pergamum - an ancient Greek city located in the western part of what is now modern Turkey; the technique of preparing sheepskins as parchment was developed here Sardis - an ancient Greek city located in the western part of what is now modern Turkey; as the capital of Lydia it was the cultural center of Asia Minor; destroyed by Tamerlane in 1402 Aegospotami, Aegospotamos - a creek emptying into the Hellespont in present-day Turkey; at its mouth in 405 BC the Spartan fleet under Lysander defeated the Athenians and ended the Peloponnesian War | | 3. |  turkey - a person who does something thoughtless or annoying; "some joker is blocking the driveway" | | 4. |  turkey - flesh of large domesticated fowl usually roastedpoultry - flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food | | 5. |  turkey - an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual; "the first experiment was a real turkey"; "the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned" |
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turkeyn turkey [ˈtəːki]1 a kind of large farmyard bird. kalkoenديك روميпуйкаkrocan, krůtakalkunder Truthahnγαλοπούλαpavokalkunبوقلمونkalkkunadindon, dindeתַּרנגוֹל הוֹדוּपीरूpuran, purapulykakalkunkalkúnntacchino七面鳥칠면조kalakutastītarsayam belandakalkoenkalkunindykperucurcanиндейкаmoriak, morkapuranćurkakalkonไก่งวงhindi火雞індик; індичкаايک قسم کا مرغ، فيل مرغgà tây火鸡 2 its flesh used as food, eaten especially at Christmas or (in the United States) Thanksgiving We had turkey for dinner.kalkoenلَحْم ديك روميпуйкаkrůtakalkunder Truthahnγαλοπούλα (το φαγητό)pavokalkun(iliha)گوشت بوقلمونkalkkunadindeבְּשָׂר תַּרנגוֹל הוֹדוּसुन्दर पर वाले पक्षी से संबंधित अमरीका का बड़ा मुर्ग़े जैसा पक्षी जो खाया जाता हैpuretinapulykadaging kalkunkalkúnntacchino七面鳥칠면조 고기kalakutienatītars; tītara gaļadaging ayam belandakalkoenkalkun(kjøtt)indykperu(carne de) curcanиндейкаmorkapuranćuretinakalkonไก่งวงhindi eti火雞肉індичатинаفيل مرغ کا گوشتthịt gà tây火鸡肉
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