Turkey definition

A large North American bird (Meleagris gallopavo) that has brownish plumage and a bare wattled head and neck and is widely domesticated for food.

A person considered inept or undesirable.

(sports) Three consecutive strikes in bowling.

The flesh of this bird, used as food.

A failure, especially a failed theatrical production or movie.

(bowling) Three strikes in a row.

Any of a family (Meleagrididae) of large, gallinaceous North American birds with a small, naked head and a tail that can be spread like a fan, including a wild or domesticated species (Meleagris gallopavo) bred as poultry and a wild species (Agriocharis ocellata) of Central America, with eyespots on the tail.

The flesh of a turkey.

(UK) The guinea fowl (Numida meleagris). [from c. 1600]

A country of southwest Asia and southeast Europe between the Mediterranean and the Black Seas. The region was dominated by many ancient civilizations and peoples, among them the Hittites (1800 bc ), the Greeks (8th century bc ), and the Persians (6th century bc ), and in ad 395 it became part of the Byzantine Empire. The area was conquered by the Ottoman Turks between the 13th and 15th centuries and remained the core of the Ottoman Empire for more than 600 years. Its modern history dates to the rise of the Young Turks (after 1908) and the collapse of the empire in 1918. Under the leadership of Kemal Atatürk, a republic was proclaimed in 1923. Ankara is the capital and Istanbul the largest city.

(slang) A failure.

(slang) An inept, stupid, or unpleasant person.

A related bird (Meleagris ocelatta syn. Agriocharis ocellata) of Mexico and Central America, brilliantly colored and having eyelike spots on its tail.

(place) Country occupying Asia Minor & a SE part of the Balkan Peninsula: 301,384 sq mi (780,580 sq km); cap. Ankara.