turkey
tur·key [turkey turkeys] BrE [ˈtɜːki] NAmE [ˈtɜːrki] noun  (pl. tur·keys)
1. countable a large bird that is often kept for its meat, eaten especially at Christmas in Britain and at Thanksgiving in the US
2. uncountable meat from a turkey
•roast turkey
3. countable (NAmE, informal)a failure
•His latest movie is a real turkey.
4. countable (NAmE, informal)a stupid or useless person
see also ↑cold turkey, see talk turkey at ↑talk v.
Word Origin:
mid 16th cent.: short for turkeycock or turkeyhen, originally applied to the guineafowl (which was imported through Turkey), and then mistakenly to the American bird.
Example Bank:
•We raise turkeys mainly for the Christmas market.
•the traditional turkey with all the trimmings
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