turkey
(tɜːʳki )
Word forms: turkeys
1. countable noun B1
A turkey is a large bird that is kept on a farm for its meat.
Turkey is the flesh of this bird eaten as food.
It's a proper Christmas dinner, with turkey and bread sauce.
2. See also cold turkey
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Idioms:
talk turkey [mainly US]
to discuss something in an honest, direct and serious way
Suddenly government and industry are talking turkey. Last month the Prime Minister promised a partnership to improve the climate for business.
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a turkey shoot
a battle or other conflict in which one side is so much stronger or better armed than the other that the weaker side has no chance at all. This expression is usually used to suggest that the situation is unfair.
After weeks of bombing, it was a one-sided battle. The fighting stopped earlier than expected partly because of public disquiet at the `turkey-shoot'.
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Collocations:
turkey farm
A strain of bird flu has been detected on a turkey farm in Lincolnshire.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
DANGEROUS bird flu strain H5N8 has hit a turkey farm.
The Sun (2016)
It is mainly a turkey farm but they also grow olives.
The Sun (2015)
Second day in a row working undercover at the turkey farm.
The Sun (2011)
The turkey farm group was taken over last month in a deal arranged by administrators.
The Sun (2016)
Translations:
Chinese: 火鸡, 土耳其
Japanese: 七面鳥, トルコ
- be on borrowed time
- be one for
- be one for/be a one for
- be one's life
- be one's own boss
- be one's own master
- be one thing
- be one up on sb
- be one up on someone
- be on home ground
- be on one's hands and knees
- be on one's way
- be on pins and needles
- be on sb
- be on skid row
- be on someone's back
- be on someone's case
- be on song
- be on tenterhooks
- be on the ball
- be on the boil
- be on the fiddle
- be on the lookout
- be on the rebound
- be on the safe side