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Turkey
see synonyms of turkeyNoun
1. meleagris gallopavo, turkey
large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food
2. republic of turkey, turkey
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
3. joker, turkey
a person who does something thoughtless or annoying
Example Sentences:'some joker is blocking the driveway'
4. turkey
flesh of large domesticated fowl usually roasted
an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual
Example Sentences:'the first experiment was a real turkey''the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned'
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Turkey
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Turkey
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Turkey
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