Meaning & use
turkey
A large North American bird, farmed widely for its meat and traditionally served at Thanksgiving.
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We roasted a turkey for six hours before the family sat down to dinner.
Wild turkeys can often be seen wandering through fields in the fall.
A note on using this word
As informal slang, especially in American English, a turkey can also mean a failure, such as a film or plan that flops.
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Another way to use it
2. noun
Informal: a failure, especially a project, film, or plan that turns out badly.
Critics called the big-budget movie a total turkey.
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