turkey oak noun

An American species of oak tree (Quercus laevis)

turkˈey-shoot noun (slang, esp US)

1. A battle involving large-scale killing or destruction of easy targets (military)
2. Anything easily won or accomplished

turkey trot noun

A kind of ragtime dance

cold turkey see under cold

talk turkey (chiefly N American)

1. To talk bluntly
2. To talk business

Turk /tûrk/

1. A native or citizen of Turkey
2. A Muslim of the former Ottoman Empire
3. Any speaker of a Turkic language
4. A Muslim (obsolete)
5. Anyone with qualities ascribed to Turks, esp an unmanageable unruly person (derogatory)
6. A Turkish horse
7. A Turkish ship

Turkish

Turkess /tûrkˈes/ noun (rare)

A Turkish woman

Turki /toorˈkē/ adjective

Of the Turkish as distinguished from the Tatar branch of Turko-Tatar languages

A Turki speaker or language

Turkˈic or Turko-Taˈtar adjective and noun

(of) that branch of the Ural-Altaic languages to which Turkish belongs

Turkˈicize or Turkˈicise transitive verb

Turkˈify transitive verb

Turkˈish adjective

1. Of Turkey, its people, or their language
2. Turkic

The language of the Turkish people

Turkˈman or Turkˈmen noun and adjective same as Turkoman

Turkey carpet or Turkish carpet noun

A soft thick kind of carpet with a distinctive bright pattern

Turkey hone noun

Novaculite

Turkey merchant noun

One trading with the Near East

Turkey oak noun

An oak tree (Quercus cerris) of W and S Europe

Turkey red noun

(cotton coloured with) a fine durable red dye, obtained from madder, but now mostly chemically

Turkey stone noun

1. Turkey hone
2. The turquoise (rare)

Turkish bath noun

A kind of hot-air bath in which the client is sweated, rubbed down, massaged, and gradually cooled

Turkish coffee noun

(a cup of) strong black coffee served with the grounds

Turkish delight noun

A gelatinous confection, orig and esp Turkish, variously flavoured and coloured, and coated with powdered sugar

Turkish manna noun

Trehala

Turkish towel noun

A loose-piled terry towel

Turk's cap or Turk's cap lily noun

The martagon lily (Lilium martagon), from the appearance of the rolled-back petals of the nodding flower

Turk's head noun

1. A kind of knot
2. A long broom
3. A figure set up for practice in swordsmanship

Grand Turk (historical)

The Ottoman Sultan

turn Turk

1. To become Muslim
2. To be completely reversed

Young Turk see under young