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"turkey" in English

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turkeynoun

uk ​ /ˈtɜː.ki/ us ​ /ˈtɝː.ki/

turkey noun (FAILURE)

› [ C ] informal something that fails badly:

His last film was a complete turkey.

› [ C ] US informal a stupid or silly person:

What did you do that for, you turkey?

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Turkeynoun

uk ​ /ˈtɜː.ki/ us ​ /ˈtɝː.ki/

(Definition of “turkey” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

"turkey" in American English

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turkeynoun [ C/U ]

us ​ /ˈtɜr·ki/

› a large North American bird grown for food, or the flesh of this bird:

[ C ] wild turkeys
[ U ] roast turkey

(Definition of “turkey” from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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