noun (plural turkeys)
1 [C] a large bird that is often kept for its meat, eaten especially at Christmas in Britain and at Thanksgiving in the US
2 [U] meat from a turkey:
roast turkey
3 [C] (AmE, informal) a failure:
His latest movie is a real turkey.
4 [C] (AmE, informal) a stupid or useless person
seealsoCOLDTURKEY
IDIOMS see TALKv.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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