turkey
Because it is a word with a single syllable, turkey is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofturkey
- The guinea fowl (family Numididae).
- A bird in the genus Meleagris with a fan-shaped tail and wattled neck, especially the wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo, now domesticated).
- The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.
Example: "All week after Thanksgiving, I had turkey sandwiches for lunch."
- With a distinguishing word: a bird resembling the Meleagris gallopavo (for example, the bush turkey or brush turkey (Alectura lathami), and the water turkey (Anhinga anhinga)).
- An act of throwing three strikes in a row.
- A patient feigning symptoms; a person faking illness or injury; a malingerer.
- A pack carried by a lumberman; a bindle; also, a large travel bag, a suitcase.
- A failure.
Synonyms: flop
Example: "That film was a turkey."
- (usually mildly) A foolish or inept person.
Example: "The turkey cut in front of me and then berated me for running into him."
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