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turkey en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/ˈtɜːki/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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/ˈtɝki/ (General-American)

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.

Meanings

(countable, obsolete, qualifier:originally) The guinea fowl (family Numididae).
(countable) A bird in the genus Meleagris, usually with a fan-shaped tail and wattled neck. ▸ A wild turkey of Meleagris gallopavo.
(countable) A bird in the genus Meleagris, usually with a fan-shaped tail and wattled neck. ▸ A domesticated bird of Meleagris gallopavo domesticus.
- 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. 1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “Stave Five. The End of It.”, in A Christmas Carol. […], London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 157:
(uncountable) The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.
- All week after Thanksgiving, I had turkey sandwiches for lunch.
(countable) 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) An act of throwing three strikes in a row.
(countable, derogatory, slang) A patient feigning symptoms; a person faking illness or injury; a malingerer.
- 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. [1976, Stephen Charles Frankel, Emergency Medical Care in an Urban Area (Ph.D. dissertation in Anthropology), Berkeley, Calif.: University of California, Berkeley, →OCLC, page 118:
(Australia, US, countable, dated, slang) A pack carried by a lumberman; a bindle; also, a large travel bag, a suitcase.
(US, countable, slang) A failure.
- There were a few turkeys. In the rush to present a futuristic vision, the railways' heritage was largely forgotten and we ended up with new stations at Euston and at Coventry, its brash sidekick which I particularly loathe, although (of course) it won design awards. 2021 April 7, Christian Wolmar, “Electrification is a given... but comfort matters as well”, in RAIL, number 928, page 46:
- And despite the gross incompetence of Hemmings' direction, the ludicrous script, and the heavy-handed acting, there remains a stellar reason to see and enjoy Just a Gigolo: David Bowie. David Bowie is a great actor, and not even this turkey can obscure that fact. 1981 August 8, Rob Schmieder, “Starring Bowie and Berlin”, in Gay Community News, page 11:
- That film was a turkey.
(US, countable, derogatory, mildly, slang, usually) A foolish or inept person.
- The turkey cut in front of me and then berated me for running into him.
(derogatory, qualifier:African-American Vernacular; Baltimore; African-American Vernacular; Baltimore, slang) A prostitute.
- Shorty think she slick, but everybody know she a turkey.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
turkies	Number=Plur	obsolete	lexicographic
turkeys	Number=Plur		lexicographic
turkie		alternative, obsolete	lexicographic

Translations (369)

sh ćùrān (bird in the genus Meleagris) · sv kalkon (bird in the genus Meleagris) · lt kalakùtė (bird in the genus Meleagris) · os гогыз (bird in the genus Meleagris) · ps فيلمرغ (bird in the genus Meleagris) · fr viande de dindon (flesh or meat of this bird) · yo tolotolo (bird in the genus Meleagris) · eo virmeleagro (bird in the genus Meleagris) · ja 七面鳥 (bird in the genus Meleagris) · sc piocu (bird in the genus Meleagris) · ro curcan (bird in the genus Meleagris) · ga feoil turcaí (flesh or meat of this bird) · nap guicce (bird in the genus Meleagris) · cmn 吐綬雞 /吐绶鸡 (bird in the genus Meleagris) · uum мисир (bird in the genus Meleagris) · tt күркә (bird in the genus Meleagris) · bno pabo (bird in the genus Meleagris) · cic chaloklowa' (bird in the genus Meleagris) · fon tlŏtlŏ (bird in the genus Meleagris) · ja ターキー (bird in the genus Meleagris) · sh пуран (bird in the genus Meleagris) · as পেৰু চৰাই (bird in the genus Meleagris) · el διάνος (bird in the genus Meleagris) · it gallinaccio (bird in the genus Meleagris) · lij bibìn (bird in the genus Meleagris) · dng ёнҗи (bird in the genus Meleagris) · tpi teki (bird in the genus Meleagris) · es pisco (bird in the genus Meleagris) · fr viande de dinde (flesh or meat of this bird) · sw bata mzinga (bird in the genus Meleagris) · umu pŭléew (bird in the genus Meleagris) · sc pudda de Ìndia (bird in the genus Meleagris) · de Trute (bird in the genus Meleagris) · es cócono (bird in the genus Meleagris) · th งวง (bird in the genus Meleagris) · mrj немӹццӹвӹ (bird in the genus Meleagris) · nds-de Kuun (bird in the genus Meleagris) · tk indýuk (bird in the genus Meleagris) · qu qallqatu (bird in the genus Meleagris) · ca indiot (bird in the genus Meleagris) · scn pipiu (bird in the genus Meleagris) · cy twrci (bird in the genus Meleagris) · sl pura (bird in the genus Meleagris) · rom tudka (bird in the genus Meleagris) · it tacchina (bird in the genus Meleagris) · sk morka (bird in the genus Meleagris) · cbk pabo (bird in the genus Meleagris) · io dindino (bird in the genus Meleagris) · fr dindon (flesh or meat of this bird) · eu indioilar (bird in the genus Meleagris) · uk інди́чина (flesh or meat of this bird) · nb kalkunhøne (bird in the genus Meleagris) · nn kalkunhane (bird in the genus Meleagris) · tr culuk (bird in the genus Meleagris) · mn ᠴᠠᠴᠤᠭᠲᠤ ᠬᠢᠷᠠᠭᠤᠯ (bird in the genus Meleagris) · pl indyczka (bird in the genus Meleagris) · nb kalkun (bird in the genus Meleagris) · nap galledinio (bird in the genus Meleagris) · se kálkon (bird in the genus Meleagris) · izh kalkkuna (bird in the genus Meleagris) · nds-de Puut (bird in the genus Meleagris) · ti ታኪን (bird in the genus Meleagris) · lt kalakuti̇́ena (flesh or meat of this bird) · ug كۈركە توخۇ (bird in the genus Meleagris) · lo ໄກ່ງວງ (bird in the genus Meleagris) · id ayam belanda (bird in the genus Meleagris) · ug كۈركە (bird in the genus Meleagris) · de Truthahn (bird in the genus Meleagris) · dng җинҗи (bird in the genus Meleagris) · sq gjeli i detit (bird in the genus Meleagris) · te సీమకోడి (bird in the genus Meleagris) · ab агуагушь (bird in the genus Meleagris) · ce москал (bird in the genus Meleagris) · nn kalkun (bird in the genus Meleagris) · zza qulquli (bird in the genus Meleagris) · sc caboni de Ìndias (bird in the genus Meleagris) · eo meleagrino (bird in the genus Meleagris) · fr dinde (bird in the genus Meleagris) · osa súkka (bird in the genus Meleagris) · yuf ʼyáˑs (Yavapai) (bird in the genus Meleagris) · pdc Welschhaahne (bird in the genus Meleagris) · pdc Welschhinkel (bird in the genus Meleagris) · cni pavo (bird in the genus Meleagris) · ig toro toro (bird in the genus Meleagris) · gd coileach-Frangach (bird in the genus Meleagris) · uk інди́к (flesh or meat of this bird) · chr ᎬᏂ (bird in the genus Meleagris) · es guanajo (bird in the genus Meleagris) · ca polla d'índia (bird in the genus Meleagris) · es gallina de la sierra (bird in the genus Meleagris) · et kalkun (bird in the genus Meleagris) · gv kellagh frangagh (bird in the genus Meleagris) · el γαλοπούλα (bird in the genus Meleagris) · abe nahama (bird in the genus Meleagris) · hi पीरू (bird in the genus Meleagris) · nai-jum hurʼu (bird in the genus Meleagris) · chy ma'xėhē'ne (bird in the genus Meleagris) · ilo pábo (bird in the genus Meleagris) · nhn huexolotl (bird in the genus Meleagris) · ru индю́шка (bird in the genus Meleagris) · ja カラクン (bird in the genus Meleagris) · es güíjolo (bird in the genus Meleagris) · srn krakun (bird in the genus Meleagris) · fo kalkun (bird in the genus Meleagris) · vi gà tây (bird in the genus Meleagris) · lt kalakùtas (bird in the genus Meleagris) · mh take (bird in the genus Meleagris) · ta வான்கோழி (bird in the genus Meleagris) · dsb truta (bird in the genus Meleagris) · kk xораз (bird in the genus Meleagris) · sh puran (bird in the genus Meleagris) · ur فِیل مُرْغ (bird in the genus Meleagris) · xh ikarukwini (bird in the genus Meleagris) · lad indiana (bird in the genus Meleagris) · dsb turk (bird in the genus Meleagris) · xpq náham (bird in the genus Meleagris) · fi kalkkuna (bird in the genus Meleagris) · ayp عَلوْعَلوْ (bird in the genus Meleagris) · ky күрп (bird in the genus Meleagris) · kla sqol'oos (bird in the genus Meleagris) · ceb pabo (bird in the genus Meleagris) · cv кӑркка (bird in the genus Meleagris) · haw pelehū (bird in the genus Meleagris) · de Puter (bird in the genus Meleagris) · lo ງວງ (bird in the genus Meleagris) · yua tso' (bird in the genus Meleagris) · af kalkoenvleis (flesh or meat of this bird) · ckb بووقەلەموون (bird in the genus Meleagris) · afb ديچ رومي (bird in the genus Meleagris) · fr dinde (flesh or meat of this bird) · apc حبشة (bird in the genus Meleagris) · my ကြက်ဆင် (bird in the genus Meleagris) · hsb trutak (bird in the genus Meleagris) · wa dîne (bird in the genus Meleagris) · crh köküş (bird in the genus Meleagris) · nds-de Kuunhahn (bird in the genus Meleagris) · nb kalkunhane (bird in the genus Meleagris) · lb Schnuddelhong (bird in the genus Meleagris) · lmo pollin (bird in the genus Meleagris) · ary ديك رومي (bird in the genus Meleagris) · de Truthenne (bird in the genus Meleagris) · krc къырым тауукъ (bird in the genus Meleagris) · arn pafu (bird in the genus Meleagris) · ur پِیرُو (bird in the genus Meleagris) · io dindo (bird in the genus Meleagris) · nci huehxōlōtl (bird in the genus Meleagris) · chl pulmiwet (bird in the genus Meleagris) · es chompipe (bird in the genus Meleagris) · az həştərxan (bird in the genus Meleagris) · ca pioc (bird in the genus Meleagris) · kum гюргюр (bird in the genus Meleagris) · sh ћу́рка (bird in the genus Meleagris) · acw ديك رومي (bird in the genus Meleagris) · eo meleagriĉo (bird in the genus Meleagris) · ca gall dindi (bird in the genus Meleagris) · ht kodenn (bird in the genus Meleagris) · nrf dindaon (bird in the genus Meleagris) · or ପେରୁ (bird in the genus Meleagris) · hu pulyka (bird in the genus Meleagris) · amu chölö (bird in the genus Meleagris) · uk інди́чка (bird in the genus Meleagris) · scn gallotta (bird in the genus Meleagris) · nn kalkunhøne (bird in the genus Meleagris) · de Putenfleisch (flesh or meat of this bird) · sjw pelewa (bird in the genus Meleagris) · nl kalkoen (bird in the genus Meleagris) · es guajolote (bird in the genus Meleagris) · de Truthahnfleisch (flesh or meat of this bird) · fr dindon (bird in the genus Meleagris) · af kalkoen (bird in the genus Meleagris) · ak krakum (bird in the genus Meleagris) · crh müsür (bird in the genus Meleagris) · ko 칠면조 (bird in the genus Meleagris) · rm galdin (bird in the genus Meleagris) · tr hindi (bird in the genus Meleagris) · gd cearc-Fhrangach (bird in the genus Meleagris) · crh körel (bird in the genus Meleagris) · kl qingalissuaq (bird in the genus Meleagris) · es pavo (bird in the genus Meleagris) · tg филмурғ (bird in the genus Meleagris) · fi kalkkunanliha (flesh or meat of this bird) · fo kalkúnur (bird in the genus Meleagris) · mn цацагт хяргуул (bird in the genus Meleagris) · de Indian (bird in the genus Meleagris) · dng бэшанҗир (bird in the genus Meleagris) · es pípila (bird in the genus Meleagris) · oc piòta (bird in the genus Meleagris) · cho fakit (bird in the genus Meleagris) · tiw kawukawuni (bird in the genus Meleagris) · ka ინდაური (bird in the genus Meleagris) · nap dinio (bird in the genus Meleagris) · ckb قەل (bird in the genus Meleagris) · sl puran (bird in the genus Meleagris) · yue 火雞 /火鸡 (bird in the genus Meleagris) · da kalkun (bird in the genus Meleagris) · cad nuʔ (bird in the genus Meleagris) · rsk пуляк (bird in the genus Meleagris) · de Pute (bird in the genus Meleagris) · vo dindun (bird in the genus Meleagris) · sc dindu (bird in the genus Meleagris) · pl indor (bird in the genus Meleagris) · trc coloj (bird in the genus Meleagris) · io dindulo (bird in the genus Meleagris) · km មាន់បារាំង (bird in the genus Meleagris) · nci tōtolin (bird in the genus Meleagris) · id kalkun (bird in the genus Meleagris) · scn tacchinu (bird in the genus Meleagris) · maz ⱥjnⱥ (bird in the genus Meleagris) · it tacchino (bird in the genus Meleagris) · aer artewe (bird in the genus Meleagris) · de Kurre (bird in the genus Meleagris) · br yar-Indez (bird in the genus Meleagris) · ccc mikarawa (bird in the genus Meleagris) · pl indyk (flesh or meat of this bird) · shp córocoro (bird in the genus Meleagris) · de Pute (flesh or meat of this bird) · acm ديچ هندي (bird in the genus Meleagris) · gl pavo (bird in the genus Meleagris) · sh ту̏ка (bird in the genus Meleagris) · zu ikalikuni (bird in the genus Meleagris) · sk moriak (bird in the genus Meleagris) · fur dindiat (bird in the genus Meleagris) · cr ᐅᓇᐊᐧᑯᐦᑌᐤ (bird in the genus Meleagris) · arz ديك رومي (bird in the genus Meleagris) · ncz sokorser (bird in the genus Meleagris) · bg пуйка (bird in the genus Meleagris) · ary بيبي (bird in the genus Meleagris) · ast pavu (bird in the genus Meleagris) · gd eun-Frangach (bird in the genus Meleagris) · mt dundjan (bird in the genus Meleagris) · nap pinto (bird in the genus Meleagris) · es xolo (sholo) (bird in the genus Meleagris) · fa فیلمرغ (bird in the genus Meleagris) · moe mishineu (bird in the genus Meleagris) · ms ayam belanda (bird in the genus Meleagris) · lnj oyanhin (bird in the genus Meleagris) · mk мисирка (bird in the genus Meleagris) · kw yar Gyni (bird in the genus Meleagris) · uk інди́чка (flesh or meat of this bird) · izh indjukka (bird in the genus Meleagris) · hak 火雞 /火鸡 (bird in the genus Meleagris) · pl gula (bird in the genus Meleagris) · ar دِيكُ ٱلْحَبَش (bird in the genus Meleagris) · tl pabo (bird in the genus Meleagris) · kk күркетауық (bird in the genus Meleagris) · fur dindi (bird in the genus Meleagris) · mk мисир (bird in the genus Meleagris) · acm هندي (bird in the genus Meleagris) · zu ikalikhuni (bird in the genus Meleagris) · aeb دَانْدْ (bird in the genus Meleagris) · eo meleagraĵo (flesh or meat of this bird) · chc watka tro (bird in the genus Meleagris) · km ដាំងដុង (bird in the genus Meleagris) · ml വാങ്കോഴി (bird in the genus Meleagris) · ja ターキー ((bowling) act of throwing three strikes in a row) · ga turcaí (bird in the genus Meleagris) · ajp حبش (bird in the genus Meleagris) · ba күркә (bird in the genus Meleagris) · mg vorontsiloza (bird in the genus Meleagris) · th ไก่งวง (bird in the genus Meleagris) · lv tītars (bird in the genus Meleagris) · nrf picot (bird in the genus Meleagris) · ko 터키 ((bowling) act of throwing three strikes in a row) · he הֹדּוּ (bird in the genus Meleagris) · oj mizise (bird in the genus Meleagris) · sh tȕka (bird in the genus Meleagris) · fy kalkoen (bird in the genus Meleagris) · ro curcă (bird in the genus Meleagris) · pap kalakuna (bird in the genus Meleagris) · yi אינדיק (bird in the genus Meleagris) · hy հնդկահավ (bird in the genus Meleagris) · lad biba (bird in the genus Meleagris) · mel siyau belada (bird in the genus Meleagris) · unm chikënëm (bird in the genus Meleagris) · gv kiark rangagh (bird in the genus Meleagris) · eu indioilo (bird in the genus Meleagris) · nan-hbl 火雞 /火鸡 (bird in the genus Meleagris) · mba pabo (bird in the genus Meleagris) · dsb turkawa (bird in the genus Meleagris) · si කළුකුමා (bird in the genus Meleagris) · dng ёнҗир (bird in the genus Meleagris) · ts galakulu (bird in the genus Meleagris) · st kalakune (bird in the genus Meleagris) · ute kwiyu-tʉ (bird in the genus Meleagris) · mi pīpipi (bird in the genus Meleagris) · nds-de Kalkuut (bird in the genus Meleagris) · am ጅግራ (bird in the genus Meleagris) · rom tudkano (bird in the genus Meleagris) · la gallopāvō (bird in the genus Meleagris) · ny nkhukundembo (bird in the genus Meleagris) · rsk пулька (bird in the genus Meleagris) · tr hindi eti (flesh or meat of this bird) · ru индю́к (bird in the genus Meleagris) · scn nuzza (bird in the genus Meleagris) · sco bubbly-jock (bird in the genus Meleagris) · pl indyk (bird in the genus Meleagris) · wo koppin bi (bird in the genus Meleagris) · sh ћу̀ра̄н (bird in the genus Meleagris) · nnt pah!quun (bird in the genus Meleagris) · rap koro koro (bird in the genus Meleagris) · de Truthahn (flesh or meat of this bird) · cic chaloklowa' (flesh or meat of this bird) · cs krůta (bird in the genus Meleagris) · ml കൽക്കം (bird in the genus Meleagris) · ja カラクン鳥 (bird in the genus Meleagris) · dsb puta (bird in the genus Meleagris) · nv tązhii (bird in the genus Meleagris) · li sjroet (bird in the genus Meleagris) · mi korukoru (bird in the genus Meleagris) · sac penêwa (bird in the genus Meleagris) · es chumpe (bird in the genus Meleagris) · be дзі́кая інды́чка (bird in the genus Meleagris) · roa-leo pavu (bird in the genus Meleagris) · hsb truta (bird in the genus Meleagris) · ady тхьэкӏэт (bird in the genus Meleagris) · nl kalkoen (flesh or meat of this bird) · de Trutenfleisch (flesh or meat of this bird) · rgn galinàz (bird in the genus Meleagris) · az hind quşu (bird in the genus Meleagris) · sne truki (bird in the genus Meleagris) · it pollo d’India (bird in the genus Meleagris) · ms kalkun (bird in the genus Meleagris) · uz kurka (bird in the genus Meleagris) · mia pileewa (bird in the genus Meleagris) · lld tachin (bird in the genus Meleagris) · tg мурғи марҷон (bird in the genus Meleagris) · kmr elok (bird in the genus Meleagris) · uk індича́тина (flesh or meat of this bird) · nci huehxolotl (bird in the genus Meleagris) · maa káló (bird in the genus Meleagris) · uk інди́к (bird in the genus Meleagris) · st nama ya kalakune (flesh or meat of this bird) · cs krocan (bird in the genus Meleagris) · yi דרײַטרעף ((bowling) act of throwing three strikes in a row) · xpq dorkes (bird in the genus Meleagris) · te టర్కీ కోడి (bird in the genus Meleagris) · hus palats (bird in the genus Meleagris) · mic ap'tapegiejit (bird in the genus Meleagris) · kk түйетауық (bird in the genus Meleagris) · dlm dindiuota (bird in the genus Meleagris) · yua úulum (bird in the genus Meleagris) · st dikalakune (bird in the genus Meleagris) · vec piton (bird in the genus Meleagris) · pim monessew (bird in the genus Meleagris) · scn ciurru (bird in the genus Meleagris) · ar دِيك رُومِيّ (bird in the genus Meleagris) · de Truthuhn (bird in the genus Meleagris) · dng бэпинҗир (bird in the genus Meleagris) · br kilhog-Indez (bird in the genus Meleagris) · az hinduşka (bird in the genus Meleagris) · ga turcach (bird in the genus Meleagris) · moh skaweró꞉wane (bird in the genus Meleagris) · he תַּרְנְגוֹל הֹדּוּ (bird in the genus Meleagris) · is kalkúnn (bird in the genus Meleagris) · roa-tar tacchine (bird in the genus Meleagris) · sh ćúrka (bird in the genus Meleagris) · eo meleagro (bird in the genus Meleagris) · yuf yaas (Havasupai) (bird in the genus Meleagris) · io dindokarno (flesh or meat of this bird) · fo kalkunur (bird in the genus Meleagris) · pt peru (bird in the genus Meleagris) · ar دِيك هِنْدِيّ (bird in the genus Meleagris) · fa بوقلمون (bird in the genus Meleagris) · de Kurrhahn (bird in the genus Meleagris) · nds-de Kalkuun (bird in the genus Meleagris) · chr ᎬᎾ (bird in the genus Meleagris) · oc piòt (bird in the genus Meleagris) · cmn 火雞 /火鸡 (bird in the genus Meleagris) · ru инде́йка (bird in the genus Meleagris)

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turkey en · NOUN

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