turkey
noun /ˈtɜːki/
/ˈtɜːrki/
(plural turkeys)
Idioms - [countable] a large bird that is often kept for its meat, eaten especially at Christmas in the UK and at Thanksgiving in the US
enlarge image- We raise turkeys mainly for the Christmas market.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- lean
- Christmas
- Thanksgiving
- …
- breed
- raise
- serve
- …
- gobble
- farm
- breast
- leg
- …
- [uncountable] meat from a turkey
- roast turkey
- the traditional turkey with all the trimmings
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- lean
- Christmas
- Thanksgiving
- …
- breed
- raise
- serve
- …
- gobble
- farm
- breast
- leg
- …
- [countable] (North American English, informal) a failure
- His latest movie is a real turkey.
- [countable] (North American English, informal) a stupid person who is not useful to anyone see also cold turkey
Word Originmid 16th cent.: short for turkeycock or turkeyhen, originally applied to the guineafowl (which was imported through Turkey), and then mistakenly to the American bird.
Idioms
talk turkey
- (informal, especially North American English) to talk about something seriously