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Meaning of turkey in English

turkey
noun
us
/ˈtɝː.ki/ uk
/ˈtɜː.ki/

turkey noun (BIRD)

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B1 [ C ]
a large bird grown for its meat on farms:
a wild turkey
 
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B1 [ U ]
the flesh of this bird used as food:
roast turkey
 
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turkey noun (FAILURE)

[ C ] informal
something that fails badly:
His last film was a complete turkey.
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someone or something that is not successful
  • failureThe shuttle launch was a complete failure.
  • successThe operation was a success.
  • turkeyI really wanted to like it, but that show ended up being a real turkey.
  • clunkerUS That pitch was a real clunker.
  • bombUS His website was one of the biggest dotcom bombs in the history of the internet.
  • dudMy charger doesn't work - I think I've got a dud.
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[ C ] US informal
a stupid or silly person:
What did you do that for, you turkey?
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Turkey
noun
us
/ˈtɝː.ki/ uk
/ˈtɜː.ki/
a country in southeastern Europe and Western Asia
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(Definition of turkey from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

turkey | Intermediate English

turkey
noun [ C/U ]
us
/ˈtɜr·ki/
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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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鳥, 火雞, 火雞肉…
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鸟, 火鸡, 火鸡肉…
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टर्की पक्षी, टर्कीचे मांस…
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七面鳥, ターキー, 七面鳥（しちめんちょう）…
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kalkoen…
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તેના માંસ માટે ઉછેરાતું એક મોટું પક્ષી, આ પક્ષીનાં માંસનો ખોરાક તરીકે ઉપયોગ થાય છે.…
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kalkun…
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ayam belanda, daging ayam belanda…
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der Truthahn…
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kalkun, daging kalkun…
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