Turkey

['tɜːkɪ] or ['tɝki]

Definition

(noun.) large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food.

(noun.) an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual; 'the first experiment was a real turkey'; 'the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned'.

(noun.) flesh of large domesticated fowl usually roasted.

(noun.) 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.

Inputed by Alisa--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) An empire in the southeast of Europe and southwest of Asia.

(n.) Any large American gallinaceous bird belonging to the genus Meleagris, especially the North American wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo), and the domestic turkey, which was probably derived from the Mexican wild turkey, but had been domesticated by the Indians long before the discovery of America.

Typed by Jaime

Definition

n. a large gallinaceous bird a native of America—not Turkey.—ns. Turk′ey-buzz′ard a vulture found largely in North and South America; Turk′ey-cock the male of the turkey: a foolishly proud person.

Edited by Estelle

Unserious Contents or Definition

To dream of seeing turkeys, signifies abundant gain in business, and favorable crops to the farmer. To see them dressed for the market, denotes improvement in your affairs. To see them sick, or dead, foretells that stringent circumstances will cause your pride to suffer. To dream you eat turkey, foretells some joyful occasion approaching. To see them flying, denotes a rapid transit from obscurity to prominence. To shoot them as game, is a sign that you will unscrupulously amass wealth.

Editor: Stu

Unserious Contents or Definition

n. A large bird whose flesh when eaten on certain religious anniversaries has the peculiar property of attesting piety and gratitude. Incidentally it is pretty good eating.

Typist: Ludwig

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