What is the meaning of Turkey?

noun

  • Large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food.
  • 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 1923.
  • A person who does something thoughtless or annoying.
    • usage: "some joker is blocking the driveway"
  • Flesh of large domesticated fowl usually roasted.
  • An event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual.
    • usage: "the first experiment was a real turkey"; "the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned"
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