turkey
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: bowling
hobbies
lifestyle
medicine
sciences
sports
Etymology: Clipping of turkey-cock and turkey-hen, originally denoting the guinea fowl, an African bird that was first imported to Europe through Turkey, but there is some controversy over the origin. The word was then transferred to the superficially similar North American bird Meleagris gallopavo.
Inflected forms:
form: turkeys
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: turkies
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
plural
form: turkie
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: The guinea fowl (family Numididae).
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
gloss: A bird in the genus Meleagris with a fan-shaped tail and wattled neck.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: A bird in the genus Meleagris with a fan-shaped tail and wattled neck.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: It was a Turkey! He never could have stood upon his legs, that bird. He would have snapped 'em short off in a minute, like sticks of sealing-wax.
gloss: The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: All week after Thanksgiving, I had turkey sandwiches for lunch.
gloss: With a distinguishing word: a bird resembling the Meleagris gallopavo (for example, the brush turkey or bush turkey (Alectura lathami), and the water turkey (Anhinga anhinga)).
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: An act of throwing three strikes in a row.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: A patient feigning symptoms; a person faking illness or injury; a malingerer.
pos: noun
tags: countable
derogatory
slang
examples: Mumford (1970) noted that the terms ‘crock’, ‘gomer’, and ‘turkey’, were sometimes utilized by interns to designate different types of undesirable patients, and sometimes used synonymously.
gloss: A pack carried by a lumberman; a bindle; also, a large travel bag, a suitcase.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
US
countable
dated
slang
gloss: A failure.
pos: noun
tags: US
countable
slang
examples: That film was a turkey.
And despite the gross incompetence of Hemmings' direction, the ludicrous script, and the heavy-handed acting, there remains a stellar reason to see and enjoy Just a Gigolo: David Bowie. David Bowie is a great actor, and not even this turkey can obscure that fact.
There were a few turkeys. In the rush to present a futuristic vision, the railways' heritage was largely forgotten and we ended up with new stations at Euston and at Coventry, its brash sidekick which I particularly loathe, although (of course) it won design awards.
gloss: A foolish or inept person.
pos: noun
tags: US
countable
derogatory
mildly
slang
usually
examples: The turkey cut in front of me and then berated me for running into him.
gloss: A prostitute.
pos: noun
tags: derogatory
slang
examples: Shorty think she slick, but everybody know she a turkey.
Related words: gobble
Derived words: Albuquerque turkey
antiturkey
Australian brushturkey
Australian turkey
brush turkey
brush-turkey
bush turkey
Californian turkey
Cape Cod turkey
chuckey
churkey
cold turkey
hand turkey
jive turkey
like turkeys voting for Christmas
like turkeys voting for an early Christmas
ocellated turkey
plains turkey
poor as Job's turkey
scrub turkey
stuffed like a turkey
talk turkey
Taunton turkey
tofurkey
turducken
turken
turkey bacon
turkey berry
turkey bowl
turkey bowling
turkeyburger
turkey bush
turkey buzzard
turkey-chick
turkey-cock
turkey cock
turkey coma
turkey corn
Turkey Creek
Turkey Day
turkeydom
turkey drop
turkey dropping
turkeyfish
turkey frill
turkeyfurter
turkey gobbler
turkey ham
turkey hen
turkey-hen
turkeyitis
turkeyless
turkey-like
turkeyling
turkeyman
turkey moray
turkey mullein
turkey oak
turkey pout
turkeypox
turkey shoot
turkey-shoot
turkey slap
turkey tail
turkey tick
turkey trot
turkey-trot
turkey vulture
turkey wing
turkey X disease
unturkey
walk turkey
water turkey
wattle turkey
Translations:
lang: Abenaki
word: nahama
lang: Abkhaz
word: агуагушь
roman: agwaguš
lang: Afrikaans
word: kalkoen
lang: Akan
word: krakum
lang: Albanian
word: gjeli i detit
lang: Amharic
word: ጅግራ
roman: ǧəgra
lang: Guerrero Amuzgo
word: chölö
lang: Arabic
word: دِيك رُومِيّ
roman: dīk rūmiyy
lang: Arabic
word: دِيك هِنْدِيّ
roman: dīk hindiyy
lang: Arabic
word: دِيكُ ٱلْحَبَش
roman: dīku l-ḥabaš
lang: Arabic
word: ديك رومي
roman: dīk rūmi
lang: Arabic
word: ديچ رومي
roman: dīč rūmi
lang: Arabic
word: ديك رومي
roman: dīk rūmi
lang: Iraqi Arabic
word: هندي
roman: hendi
lang: Iraqi Arabic
word: ديچ هندي
roman: dīč hendi
lang: Arabic
word: بيبي
roman: bībi
lang: Arabic
word: ديك رومي
roman: dīk rūmi
lang: Arabic
word: حبشة
roman: ḥabše
lang: North Mesopotamian Arabic
word: عَلوْعَلوْ
roman: ɛalu ɛalu
lang: Arabic
word: حبش
roman: ḥabaš
lang: Tunisian Arabic
word: دَانْدْ
roman: dānd
lang: Armenian
word: հնդկահավ
roman: hndkahav
lang: Eastern Arrernte
word: artewe
lang: Asháninka
word: pavo
lang: Asi
word: pabo
lang: Assamese
word: পেৰু চৰাই
roman: peru sorai
lang: Asturian
word: pavu
lang: Azerbaijani
word: hinduşka
lang: Azerbaijani
word: hind quşu
lang: Azerbaijani
word: həştərxan
lang: Bashkir
word: күркә
roman: kürkə
lang: Basque
word: indioilar
lang: Basque
word: indioilo
lang: Belarusian
word: дзі́кая інды́чка
roman: dzíkaja indýčka
lang: Bau Bidayuh
word: truki
lang: Breton
word: yar-Indez
lang: Breton
word: kilhog-Indez
lang: Bulgarian
word: пуйка
roman: pujka
lang: Burmese
word: ကြက်ဆင်
roman: krakhcang
lang: Caddo
word: nuʔ
lang: Cahuilla
word: pulmiwet
lang: Catalan
word: gall dindi
lang: Catalan
word: indiot
lang: Catalan
word: pioc
lang: Catalan
word: polla d'índia
lang: Catawba
word: watka tro
lang: Cebuano
word: pabo
lang: Chamicuro
word: mikarawa
lang: Chavacano
word: pabo
lang: Chechen
word: москал
roman: moskal
lang: Cherokee
word: ᎬᏂ
roman: gvni
lang: Cherokee
word: ᎬᎾ
roman: gvna
lang: Cheyenne
word: ma'xėhē'ne
lang: Chichewa
word: nkhukundembo
lang: Chickasaw
word: chaloklowa'
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 火雞 /火鸡
roman: fo² gai¹
lang: Chinese
word: бэпинҗир
roman: bepinžir
lang: Chinese
word: бэшанҗир
roman: bešanžir
lang: Chinese
word: ёнҗи
roman: i͡onži
lang: Chinese
word: ёнҗир
roman: i͡onžir
lang: Chinese
word: җинҗи
roman: žinži
lang: Hakka Chinese
word: 火雞 /火鸡
roman: fó-kiê
lang: Chinese
word: 火雞 /火鸡
roman: hóe-ke, hé-koe
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 火雞 /火鸡
roman: huǒjī
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 吐綬雞 /吐绶鸡
roman: tǔshòujī
lang: Choctaw
word: fakit
lang: Chuvash
word: кӑркка
roman: kărkka
lang: West Circassian
word: тхьэкӏэт
roman: tḥɛkʼɛt
lang: Cornish
word: yar Gyni
lang: Cree
word: ᐅᓇᐊᐧᑯᐦᑌᐤ
roman: onaaykohtew
lang: Montagnais
word: mishineu
lang: Crimean Tatar
word: körel
lang: Crimean Tatar
word: köküş
lang: Crimean Tatar
word: müsür
lang: Czech
word: krocan
lang: Czech
word: krůta
lang: Dalmatian
word: dindiuota
lang: Danish
word: kalkun
lang: Dutch
word: kalkoen
lang: Esperanto
word: meleagro
lang: Esperanto
word: virmeleagro
lang: Esperanto
word: meleagriĉo
lang: Esperanto
word: meleagrino
lang: Estonian
word: kalkun
lang: Faroese
word: kalkun
lang: Faroese
word: kalkunur
lang: Faroese
word: kalkúnur
lang: Finnish
word: kalkkuna
lang: Fon
word: tlŏtlŏ
lang: Fox
word: penêwa
lang: French
word: dinde
lang: French
word: dindon
lang: West-Frisian
word: kalkoen
lang: Friulian
word: dindi
lang: Friulian
word: dindiat
lang: Galician
word: pavo
lang: Georgian
word: ინდაური
roman: indauri
lang: German
word: Pute
lang: German
word: Puter
lang: German
word: Truthahn
lang: German
word: Truthenne
lang: German
word: Truthuhn
lang: German
word: Trute
lang: German
word: Kurre
lang: German
word: Kurrhahn
lang: German
word: Indian
lang: Greek
word: γαλοπούλα
roman: galopoúla
lang: Greek
word: διάνος
roman: diános
lang: Greenlandic
word: qingalissuaq
lang: Haitian Creole
word: kodenn
lang: Havasupai-Walapai-Yavapai
word: ʼyáˑs (Yavapai)
lang: Havasupai-Walapai-Yavapai
word: yaas (Havasupai)
lang: Hawaiian
word: pelehū
lang: Hebrew
word: תַּרְנְגוֹל הֹדּוּ
roman: tarnegól hódu
lang: Hebrew
word: הֹדּוּ
roman: hódu
lang: Higaonon
word: pabo
lang: Hindi
word: पीरू
roman: pīrū
lang: Hungarian
word: pulyka
lang: Icelandic
word: kalkúnn
lang: Ido
word: dindo
lang: Ido
word: dindulo
lang: Ido
word: dindino
lang: Igbo
word: toro toro
lang: Ilocano
word: pábo
lang: Indonesian
word: kalkun
lang: Indonesian
word: ayam belanda
lang: Ingrian
word: kalkkuna
lang: Ingrian
word: indjukka
lang: Irish
word: turcaí
lang: Irish
word: turcach
lang: Italian
word: tacchino
lang: Italian
word: tacchina
lang: Italian
word: gallinaccio
lang: Italian
word: pollo d’India
lang: Japanese
word: 七面鳥
roman: shichimenchō
lang: Japanese
word: カラクン
roman: karakun
lang: Japanese
word: カラクン鳥
roman: karakun-chō
lang: Japanese
word: ターキー
roman: tākī
lang: Jumaytepeque
word: hurʼu
lang: Karachay-Balkar
word: къырым тауукъ
roman: qırım tawuq
lang: Kazakh
word: түйетауық
roman: tüietauyq
lang: Kazakh
word: xораз
roman: xoraz
lang: Kazakh
word: күркетауық
roman: kürketauyq
lang: Khmer
word: មាន់បារាំង
roman: mŏən baarang
lang: Khmer
word: ដាំងដុង
roman: dangdong
lang: Klamath-Modoc
word: sqol'oos
lang: Korean
word: 칠면조
roman: chilmyeonjo
lang: Kumyk
word: гюргюр
roman: gürgür
lang: Central Kurdish
word: بووقەلەموون
roman: bûqelemûn
lang: Central Kurdish
word: قەل
roman: qel
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: elok
lang: Kyrgyz
word: күрп
roman: kürp
lang: Ladin
word: tachin
lang: Ladino
word: indiana
lang: Ladino
word: biba
lang: Lao
word: ໄກ່ງວງ
roman: kai ngūang
lang: Lao
word: ງວງ
roman: ngūang
lang: Latin
word: gallopāvō
lang: Latvian
word: tītars
lang: Leonese
word: pavu
lang: Ligurian
word: bibìn
lang: Limburgish
word: sjroet
lang: Linngithigh
word: oyanhin
lang: Lithuanian
word: kalakùtas
lang: Lithuanian
word: kalakùtė
lang: Lombard
word: pollin
lang: Low German
word: Kalkuun
lang: Low German
word: Kalkuut
lang: Low German
word: Kuun
lang: Low German
word: Kuunhahn
lang: Low German
word: Puut
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Schnuddelhong
lang: Macedonian
word: мисирка
roman: misirka
lang: Macedonian
word: мисир
roman: misir
lang: Malagasy
word: vorontsiloza
lang: Malay
word: ayam belanda
lang: Malay
word: kalkun
lang: Malayalam
word: കൽക്കം
roman: kalkkaṁ
lang: Malayalam
word: വാങ്കോഴി
roman: vāṅkōḻi
lang: Maltese
word: dundjan
lang: Manx
word: kellagh frangagh
lang: Manx
word: kiark rangagh
lang: Māori
word: korukoru
lang: Māori
word: pīpipi
lang: Mapudungun
word: pafu
lang: Western Mari
word: немӹццӹвӹ
roman: ńemÿccÿvÿ
lang: Marshallese
word: take
lang: Central Mazahua
word: ⱥjnⱥ
lang: San Jerónimo Tecóatl Mazatec
word: káló
lang: Central Melanau
word: siyau belada
lang: Miami
word: pileewa
lang: Mi'kmaq
word: ap'tapegiejit
lang: Mohawk
word: skaweró꞉wane
lang: Mohegan-Pequot
word: náham
lang: Mohegan-Pequot
word: dorkes
lang: Mongolian
word: цацагт хяргуул
roman: cacagt xjarguul
lang: Mongolian
word: ᠴᠠᠴᠤᠭᠲᠤ ᠬᠢᠷᠠᠭᠤᠯ
roman: čačuɣtu kiraɣul
lang: Munsee
word: pŭléew
lang: Nahuatl
word: huehxolotl
lang: Nahuatl
word: tōtolin
lang: Central Nahuatl
word: huexolotl
lang: Classical Nahuatl
word: huehxōlōtl
lang: Nanticoke
word: pah!quun
lang: Natchez
word: sokorser
lang: Navajo
word: tązhii
lang: Neapolitan
word: pinto
lang: Neapolitan
word: galledinio
lang: Neapolitan
word: dinio
lang: Neapolitan
word: guicce
lang: Norman
word: dindaon
lang: Norman
word: picot
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: kalkun
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: kalkunhane
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: kalkunhøne
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: kalkun
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: kalkunhane
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: kalkunhøne
lang: Occitan
word: piòt
lang: Occitan
word: piòta
lang: Odia
word: ପେରୁ
roman: peru
lang: Ojibwe
word: mizise
lang: Osage
word: súkka
lang: Ossetian
word: гогыз
roman: gogyz
lang: Pannonian Rusyn
word: пулька
roman: pulʹka
lang: Pannonian Rusyn
word: пуляк
roman: puljak
lang: Papiamentu
word: kalakuna
lang: Pashto
word: فيلمرغ
roman: filmórǧ
lang: Pennsylvania German
word: Welschhinkel
lang: Pennsylvania German
word: Welschhaahne
lang: Persian
word: بوقلمون
roman: buqalamun
lang: Persian
word: فیلمرغ
roman: fil-morġ
lang: Polish
word: indyk
lang: Polish
word: indor
lang: Polish
word: indyczka
lang: Polish
word: gula
lang: Portuguese
word: peru
lang: Powhatan
word: monessew
lang: Quechua
word: qallqatu
lang: Rapa Nui
word: koro koro
lang: Romagnol
word: galinàz
lang: Romani
word: tudkano
lang: Romani
word: tudka
lang: Romanian
word: curcan
lang: Romanian
word: curcă
lang: Romansh
word: galdin
lang: Russian
word: индю́к
roman: indjúk
lang: Russian
word: инде́йка
roman: indéjka
lang: Russian
word: индю́шка
roman: indjúška
lang: Northern Sami
word: kálkon
lang: Sardinian
word: dindu
lang: Sardinian
word: piocu
lang: Sardinian
word: caboni de Ìndias
lang: Sardinian
word: pudda de Ìndia
lang: Scots
word: bubbly-jock
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: eun-Frangach
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: coileach-Frangach
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: cearc-Fhrangach
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ћу́рка
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ћу̀ра̄н
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: пуран
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ту̏ка
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ćúrka
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ćùrān
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: puran
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: tȕka
lang: Shawnee
word: pelewa
lang: Shipibo-Conibo
word: córocoro
lang: Sicilian
word: tacchinu
lang: Sicilian
word: nuzza
lang: Sicilian
word: pipiu
lang: Sicilian
word: gallotta
lang: Sicilian
word: ciurru
lang: Sinhalese
word: කළුකුමා
roman: kaḷukumā
lang: Slovak
word: moriak
lang: Slovak
word: morka
lang: Slovene
word: puran
lang: Slovene
word: pura
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: turk
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: puta
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: truta
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: turkawa
lang: Upper Sorbian
word: truta
lang: Upper Sorbian
word: trutak
lang: Sotho
word: kalakune
lang: Sotho
word: dikalakune
lang: Spanish
word: pavo
lang: Spanish
word: chompipe
lang: Spanish
word: chumpe
lang: Spanish
word: cócono
lang: Spanish
word: guajolote
lang: Spanish
word: guanajo
lang: Spanish
word: pisco
lang: Spanish
word: pípila
lang: Spanish
word: güíjolo
lang: Spanish
word: gallina de la sierra
lang: Spanish
word: xolo (sholo)
lang: Sranan Tongo
word: krakun
lang: Swahili
word: bata mzinga
lang: Swedish
word: kalkon
lang: Tagalog
word: pabo
lang: Tajik
word: мурғи марҷон
roman: murġ-i marjon
lang: Tajik
word: филмурғ
roman: filmurġ
lang: Tamil
word: வான்கோழி
roman: vāṉkōḻi
lang: Tarantino
word: tacchine
lang: Tatar
word: күркә
roman: kürkä
lang: Telugu
word: టర్కీ కోడి
roman: ṭarkī kōḍi
lang: Telugu
word: సీమకోడి
roman: sīmakōḍi
lang: Thai
word: ไก่งวง
roman: gài-nguuang
lang: Thai
word: งวง
roman: nguuang
lang: Tigrinya
word: ታኪን
roman: takin
lang: Tiwi
word: kawukawuni
lang: Tok Pisin
word: teki
lang: Copala Triqui
word: coloj
lang: Tsonga
word: galakulu
lang: Turkish
word: hindi
lang: Turkish
word: culuk
lang: Turkmen
word: indýuk
lang: Ukrainian
word: інди́к
roman: indýk
lang: Ukrainian
word: інди́чка
roman: indýčka
lang: Unami
word: chikënëm
lang: Urdu
word: پِیرُو
roman: pīrū
lang: Urdu
word: فِیل مُرْغ
roman: fīl murġ
lang: Urum
word: мисир
roman: misir
lang: Ute
word: kwiyu-tʉ
lang: Uyghur
word: كۈركە
roman: kürke
lang: Uyghur
word: كۈركە توخۇ
roman: kürke toxu
lang: Uzbek
word: kurka
lang: Venetan
word: piton
lang: Vietnamese
word: gà tây
lang: Volapük
word: dindun
lang: Walloon
word: dîne
lang: Wastek
word: palats
lang: Welsh
word: twrci
lang: Wolof
word: koppin bi
lang: Xhosa
word: ikarukwini
lang: Yiddish
word: אינדיק
roman: indik
lang: Yoruba
word: tolotolo
lang: Yucatec Maya
word: úulum
lang: Yucatec Maya
word: tso'
lang: Zazaki
word: qulquli
lang: Zulu
word: ikalikhuni
lang: Zulu
word: ikalikuni