turkey

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US /ˈtɝki/ UK /ˈtɜːki/ See IPA manual

Freq #3129

Meanings

1

noun
A large bird kept on farms for its meat, often eaten at holiday meals.

We are roasting a turkey for Thanksgiving dinner.
2

noun
The meat of this bird eaten as food.

All week after Thanksgiving, I had turkey sandwiches for lunch.
3

noun
Something that fails completely, especially a film or show.

The critics agreed that the movie was a complete turkey.

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3 noun · something that fails... flop bomb dud

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Forms turkeys

Derived forms brush-turkeychurkeyturduckenturkenturkey-chickturkey-cockturkey-henturkey-liketurkey-shootturkey-trotturkeyling

Related forms gobble

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 (t²ür²k̥).

Turkye Middle English Turcia la-med Τοῦρκος gkm تُرْک fa-cls 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜 otk

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# turkey

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈtɝki/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈtɜːki/
**Frequency rank:** 3129

## Meanings
1. A large bird kept on farms for its meat, often eaten at holiday meals.
2. The meat of this bird eaten as food.
3. Something that fails completely, especially a film or show.

## Examples
- We are roasting a turkey for Thanksgiving dinner.
- All week after Thanksgiving, I had turkey sandwiches for lunch.
- The critics agreed that the movie was a complete turkey.

## Derived Forms
- brush-turkey
- churkey
- turducken
- turken
- turkey-chick
- turkey-cock
- turkey-hen
- turkey-like
- turkey-shoot
- turkey-trot
- turkeyling

## Related Forms
- gobble

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: Turkye
- Root: Turcia
- Root: Τοῦρκος
- Root: تُرْک
- Root: 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜

## Etymology
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 (t²ür²k̥).

## AI Etymology
Turkey is 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 (t²ür²k̥). In present-day use, it can mean a large bird kept on farms for its meat, often eaten at holiday meals, or the meat of this bird eaten as food. Derived formations include brush-turkey, churkey, turducken, turken, turkey-chick, turkey-cock, turkey-hen, turkey-like.

## Topics
- Food & Drink
- Entertainment & Leisure

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