turkey

Forms

Noun
A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural: turkeys

Adjective
A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Comparative: more turkey
Superlative: most turkey

Definitions

Noun
A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1.A bird in the genus Meleagris with a fan-shaped tail and wattled neck.
- 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.
2.The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.
- All week after Thanksgiving, I had turkey sandwiches for lunch.
3.An act of throwing three strikes in a row.
4.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)).

Adjective
A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

1.Synonym of Turkey red (“dyed or colored Turkey red”).

Frequency

Overall

Uncommon· #3834

By learning goal

Everyday conversation: Rare
General reading & writing: Uncommon
Academic: Rare
Literature: Rare

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.

NounNoun×A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

AdjectiveAdjective×A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

NounNoun×A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

AdjectiveAdjective×A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Overall

By learning goal

Noun
A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Adjective
A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Noun
A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Adjective
A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.