turkey
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- noun
- /ˈtɜrki/
- US
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- Got a nice fresh Turkey from a local farm.
- wild turkeys
You let them watch other turkeys get stuffed.
- You let them watch other turkeys get stuffed.
- This Thanksgiving, those turkeys better run right.
- But my very first song was a Turkey is a funny bird.
- I feed them to our quail and Turkey and chickens.
- We still got a Turkey and a trash can.
- Poultry, chicken, Turkey, duck, emu, goose, Bush, birds, birds.
- What the and the male turkeys immediately took to pound down on it.
Examples
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Ooh, look at that turkey.
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I guess I'll stop by the grocery store and grab a turkey or something.
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- The turkey is perfect.
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I looked behind me for the first time to see if the turkey was still there.
Fiction book (1993) -
I presume we're having white wine with the turkey.
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Once you've put the Turkey in the oven, just let it sit.
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The bread was dry, the turkey slick with a suspicious layer of grease.
Fiction book (1990) -
The Beltsville Small White turkey was bred to have lots of breast meat.
Academic text (2001) -
Did some thin sliced Turkey breast and Havarti cheese.
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We are having roasted turkey for dinner this Thanksgiving.
Synonyms
A large North American bird with a fan-shaped tail often raised for food
Idioms
- Informal
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Having eaten so much that you feel uncomfortable and want to rest
Compounds
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An event or situation where winning is very easy, for example a shooting contest with easy targets
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A seasoned mix of bread and herbs used to fill a roast turkey or serve with it
- Australian
A large black bird that builds big nesting mounds in the woods of Australia and New Guinea
A small slow-growing tree with leaves shaped like a turkey's foot that lives on dry sandy soil
A large tree from Europe that loses its leaves and has long leaves with spiky edges
A wild bird from Central America and northern South America with shiny feathers and round eye spots on its tail
- US
A tree from the southeastern United States with thin leaves that have pointy tips and deep lobes
- Informal
A feeling of being very sleepy after a large holiday meal, often with turkey
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Etymology
Turkey was named by early European traders who used the name of the country Turkey for similar birds that came to Europe, so when they first found the big North American bird they used the same name. That's why the large bird with the fan-shaped tail is called a turkey.