turkeys

noun

1. 1

   The guinea fowl (family Numididae).

2. 2

   A bird in the genus Meleagris with a fan-shaped tail and wattled neck, especially the wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo, now domesticated).

3. 3

   The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.

   “All week after Thanksgiving, I had turkey sandwiches for lunch.”

4. 4

   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)).

5. 5

   An act of throwing three strikes in a row.

6. 6

   A patient feigning symptoms; a person faking illness or injury; a malingerer.

7. 7

   A pack carried by a lumberman; a bindle; also, a large travel bag, a suitcase.

8. 8

   A failure.

   “That film was a turkey.”

9. 9

   (usually mildly) A foolish or inept person.

   “The turkey cut in front of me and then berated me for running into him.”