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turkey

tur·key

UK/ˈtøːki/ US/ˈtɜːki/ common slang us

noun

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2.

a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; achieved independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1923

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3.

a person who does something thoughtless or annoying

  • “some joker is blocking the driveway”
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4.
5.

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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6.

Origin

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 (t²ẅr²ẅk²). By surface analysis, Turke + -y.

Phrases

  • Albuquerque turkey
  • Australian brushturkey
  • Australian turkey
  • brush turkey
  • bush turkey
  • Californian turkey
  • Cape Cod turkey
  • cold turkey

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