Phonetics:
Meanings:
noun
Definition: The guinea fowl (family Numididae).
Definition: A bird in the genus Meleagris with a fan-shaped tail and wattled neck, especially the wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo, now domesticated).
Definition: The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.
Example: All week after Thanksgiving, I had turkey sandwiches for lunch.
Definition: With a distinguishing word: a bird resembling the Meleagris gallopavo (for example, the bush turkey or brush turkey (Alectura lathami), and the water turkey (Anhinga anhinga)).
Definition: An act of throwing three strikes in a row.
Definition: A patient feigning symptoms; a person faking illness or injury; a malingerer.
Definition: A pack carried by a lumberman; a bindle; also, a large travel bag, a suitcase.
Definition: A failure.
Example: That film was a turkey.
Synonyms: flop,
Definition: (usually mildly) A foolish or inept person.
Example: The turkey cut in front of me and then berated me for running into him.