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Turkey
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- 1 Synonym of Turkey red (“dyed or colored Turkey red”). uncountable
- 2 Synonym of Turkey blue (“dyed or colored Turkey blue”). obsolete, uncountable
- 1 A country located in Eastern Thrace in Southeastern Europe and Anatolia in West Asia. Official name: Republic of Türkiye. Capital: Ankara.
"One Terrorgram user livestreamed himself stabbing five people outside of a mosque in Turkey, she said, and a 19-year-old Slovakian man praised the group in a manifesto before killing two people at an LGBTQ bar in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia."
- 2 Synonym of Ottoman Empire, a former empire in Europe, Asia, Africa. Capital: Istanbul. historical, proscribed, sometimes
- 1 The guinea fowl (family Numididae). countable, obsolete
- 2 Synonym of Turkey red (“a vibrant red dye or its color”). uncountable
- 3 large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food wordnet
- 4 A bird in the genus Meleagris with a fan-shaped tail and wattled neck.; A wild turkey of Meleagris gallopavo. countable
- 5 Synonym of Turkey blue (“a deep indigo dye or its color”). obsolete, uncountable
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- 6 an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual wordnet
- 7 A bird in the genus Meleagris with a fan-shaped tail and wattled neck.; A domesticated bird of Meleagris gallopavo domesticus. countable
"It was a Turkey! He never could have stood upon his legs, that bird. He would have snapped 'em short off in a minute, like sticks of sealing-wax."
- 8 flesh of large domesticated fowl usually roasted wordnet
- 9 The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food. uncountable
"All week after Thanksgiving, I had turkey sandwiches for lunch."
- 10 a person who does something thoughtless or annoying wordnet
- 11 With a distinguishing word: a bird resembling the Meleagris gallopavo (for example, the brush turkey or bush turkey (Alectura lathami), and the water turkey (Anhinga anhinga)). countable
- 12 An act of throwing three strikes in a row. countable
- 13 A patient feigning symptoms; a person faking illness or injury; a malingerer. countable, derogatory, slang
"Mumford (1970) noted that the terms ‘crock’, ‘gomer’, and ‘turkey’, were sometimes utilized by interns to designate different types of undesirable patients, and sometimes used synonymously."
- 14 A pack carried by a lumberman; a bindle; also, a large travel bag, a suitcase. Australia, US, countable, dated, slang
- 15 A failure. US, countable, slang
"That film was a turkey."
- 16 A foolish or inept person. US, countable, derogatory, mildly, slang, usually
"The turkey cut in front of me and then berated me for running into him."
- 17 A prostitute. derogatory, slang
"Shorty think she slick, but everybody know she a turkey."
Etymology
Clipping of turkey-cock and turkey-hen, originally denoting the guinea fowl, an African bird that was first imported to Europe through Turkey, but there is some controversy over the origin. The word was then transferred to the superficially similar North American bird Meleagris gallopavo.
From Middle English Turkye, from Anglo-Norman Turkye, Medieval Latin Turcia, from Turcus (“Turk”), from Byzantine Greek Τοῦρκος (Toûrkos), from Classical Persian تُرْک (turk), from Middle Persian [script needed] (twlk' /turk/), from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜 (t²ür²k̥).
From Middle English Turkye, from Anglo-Norman Turkye, Medieval Latin Turcia, from Turcus (“Turk”), from Byzantine Greek Τοῦρκος (Toûrkos), from Classical Persian تُرْک (turk), from Middle Persian [script needed] (twlk' /turk/), from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜 (t²ür²k̥).
From Middle English Turkye, from Anglo-Norman Turkye, Medieval Latin Turcia, from Turcus (“Turk”), from Byzantine Greek Τοῦρκος (Toûrkos), from Classical Persian تُرْک (turk), from Middle Persian [script needed] (twlk' /turk/), from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜 (t²ür²k̥).
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