large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food

[ Syn: meleagris gallopavo ]

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

[ Syn: turkey , republic of turkey ]

a person who does something thoughtless or annoying; some joker is blocking the driveway

[ Syn: joker ]

flesh of large domesticated fowl usually roasted

an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual; the first experiment was a real turkey; the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned

[ Syn: bomb , dud ]