Definition of turkey

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  • turkey is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 13
  • turkey is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 13
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Definition of turkey

  • an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual (noun)

    Examples

    1. the first experiment was a real turkey

    Synonyms

    1. bomb
    2. dud
  • a person who does something thoughtless or annoying (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. joker
  • 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 (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. republic of turkey
  • large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. meleagris gallopavo
  • flesh of large domesticated fowl usually roasted (noun)

See definition of turkey in Merriam Webster