turkey
A bird in the genus Meleagris, usually with a fan-shaped tail and wattled neckA bird in the genus Meleagris, usually with a fan-shaped tail and wattled neck.: A wild turkey of Meleagris gallopavo.
» How are you going to cook the turkey?
Як ти готуватимеш індичку? — deniko
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11 sensesA bird in the genus Meleagris, usually with a fan-shaped tail and wattled neck.
(countable)A wild turkey of Meleagris gallopavo.
Pute, Puter, Truthahn
индю́кindjúk, инде́йкаindéjka, индю́шкаindjúška
інди́кindýk, інди́чкаindýčka
(countable)A domesticated bird of Meleagris gallopavo domesticus.
large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food
(uncountable)The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.
All week after Thanksgiving, I had turkey sandwiches for lunch.
Pute, Putenfleisch, Trutenfleisch
індича́тинаindyčátyna, інди́чинаindýčyna, інди́кindýk
(countable)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)).
(countable)An act of throwing three strikes in a row.
(countable, derogatory, slang)A patient feigning symptoms; a person faking illness or injury; a malingerer.
(Australia, US, countable, dated, slang)A pack carried by a lumberman; a bindle; also, a large travel bag, a suitcase.
(US, countable, slang)A failure.
That film was a turkey.
(US, countable, derogatory, mildly, slang, usually)A foolish or inept person.
The turkey cut in front of me and then berated me for running into him.
(derogatory, slang)A prostitute.
Shorty think she slick, but everybody know she a turkey.
(countable, obsolete)The guinea fowl (family Numididae).
Examples
419 sentencesHow are you going to cook the turkey?
Як ти готуватимеш індичку? — deniko
Tom put the turkey in the oven.
Том поклав індика до духовки. — deniko
ruТом положил индейку в духовку. — marafon
deTom schob den Truthahn in den Ofen. — wolfgangth
This turkey tastes good.
Індичка дуже смачна. — aandrusiak
ruЭта индейка вкусная. — fjay69
deDer Truthahn schmeckt gut! — Tamy
I sliced the turkey.
Я нарізав індичку. — deniko
ruЯ нарезал индейку. — astru
Have you ever eaten turkey?
Ти колись їв індика? — deniko
ruТы когда-нибудь ел индейку? — Selena777
deHast du schon mal Pute gegessen? — Zaghawa
Translations
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Origin
Clipping of turkey-cock and turkey-hen, originally denoting the guinea fowl, an African biClipping 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.
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Forms
plural: turkeysSynonyms
6 synonyms- large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food:Meleagris gallopavo
- an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual:bombdud
- 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:Republic of Turkey
- a person who does something thoughtless or annoying:joker
Word family
54 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable