Turkey - Definition
turkey
n 1: large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely
domesticated for food [syn: turkey, Meleagris
gallopavo]
2: 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 [syn:
Turkey, Republic of Turkey]
3: a person who does something thoughtless or annoying; "some
joker is blocking the driveway" [syn: joker, turkey]
4: flesh of large domesticated fowl usually roasted
5: 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" [syn: turkey, bomb,
dud]