turkeys
turkeys is the plural of turkey.
Meaning of turkey
Noun
turkey (plural turkeys or (obsolete) turkies)
- The guinea fowl (family Numididae).
- A wild turkey of Meleagris gallopavo.
- A domesticated bird of Meleagris gallopavo domesticus.
- It was a Turkey! He never could have stood upon his legs, that bird. He would have snapped 'em short off in a minute, like sticks of sealing-wax.1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “Stave Five. The End of It.”, in A Christmas Carol. […], London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 157
- The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.
- All week after Thanksgiving, I had turkey sandwiches for lunch.
- With a distinguishing word: a bird resembling the Meleagris gallopavo (for example, the brush turkey or bush turkey (Alectura lathami), and the water turkey (Anhinga anhinga)).
- An act of throwing three strikes in a row.
Phrases with turkeys
- bush turkeys
- cold turkeys
- hand turkeys
- jive turkeys
- wild turkeys
- brush turkeys
- scrub turkeys
- water turkeys
- wattle turkeys
- Taunton turkeys
- Cape Cod turkeys
- Albuquerque turkeys
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Questions about turkeys
- What is turkeys the plural of?
- Turkeys is the plural of turkey.
Words near turkeys in the dictionary
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