turkey

Kuzey Amerika'ya özgü büyük bir kuş, genellikle Şükran Günü ve Noel'de yenir

A large bird native to North America, often eaten at Thanksgiving and Christmas.

• We're having turkey for Thanksgiving dinner.
• The turkey was roasted with herbs and butter.
• Wild turkeys can be found in many forests across the country.
• Archaeological evidence suggests that domestication of the turkey began in Mesoamerica over two thousand years ago.
• The introduction of turkey farming to Europe in the sixteenth century transformed culinary practices across the continent.
• Researchers studying avian behavior have documented complex social hierarchies within wild turkey populations in North American woodlands.

Bir başarısızlık veya kötü performans gösteren bir şey, özellikle film, oyun veya iş girişimi

A failure or something that performs poorly, especially a film, play, or business venture.

• The movie was a real turkey—it bombed at the box office.
• Their latest product turned out to be a turkey.

Eş anlamlılar: flop, failure, dud, bomb, disaster

Zıt anlamlılar: success, hit, winner

Aptal veya beceriksiz bir kişi

A stupid or inept person.

• Don't be such a turkey!
• He felt like a turkey after making that mistake.

Eş anlamlılar: fool, idiot, dummy, dope

Zıt anlamlılar: genius, expert