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1. turkey
noun. ['ˈtɝːki'] large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- Turkey (English)
- Turquie (French)
Rhymes with Turkey
- aldercy
- sturkie
- quirky
- yerkey
- sircy
- shirkey
- purkey
- pirkey
- perky
- perkey
- pearcy
- murky
- merkey
- kirkey
- jerky
- durkee
- burkey
- birky
- birkey
- berkey
How do you pronounce turkey?
Pronounce turkey as ˈtərki.
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UK - How to pronounce turkey in British English
Sentences with turkey
1. Noun, singular or mass
Rinse the turkey wings under cold running water and pat dry with a paper towel.
2. Adjective
Pour just enough chicken or turkey stock into the roaster to cover the vegetables.
Quotes about turkey
1. My sense of humor is a turkey, and I pull it out of the oven and baste it in reality.
- Tracy Morgan
2. I used to date the lead singer of The Cranberries, but she cheated on me. Turns out she had some turkey on the side.
- Jarod Kintz, It Occurred to Me
3. I’m addicted to warm Thanksgiving bird meat, but I should just quit cold turkey. To me, the beginning of December is like leftover November.
- Jarod Kintz, This Book is Not FOR SALE
3. Turkey
noun. 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.
Synonyms
- Antioch
- Euphrates River
- Bosporus
- Smyrna
- Near East
- Izmir
- Balkans
- Seyhan River
- Ararat
- Asia Minor
- Mideast
- capital of Turkey
- Edirne
- Middle East
- Republic of Turkey
- Turkish capital
- Seyhan
- Araxes
- Aegospotamos
- Antakya
- Stambul
- Tigris
- Istanbul
- Adalia
- Kurdistan
- Pergamum
- Bursa
- Antakiya
- Adrianopolis
- Halicarnassus
- NATO
- Balkan Peninsula
- Dardanelles
- Ankara
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- Euphrates
- Turk
- Aegospotami
- Brusa
- Aras
- Adana
- Stamboul
- Adrianople
- Sardis
- Constantinople
- Anatolia
- Mount Ararat
- Angora
- Canakkale Bogazi
- Abydos
- Mt. Ararat
- Hellespont
- Antalya
Etymology
- Turquie (French)
4. turkey
noun. ['ˈtɝːki'] flesh of large domesticated fowl usually roasted.
Synonyms
Etymology
- Turkey (English)
- Turquie (French)
5. turkey
noun. ['ˈtɝːki'] an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual.
Etymology
- Turkey (English)
- Turquie (French)