1
as in goose
a person who lacks good sense or judgment
only a turkey would think it's a good idea to go for a jog when the weather drops below zero
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2
as in idiot
a stupid person
you turkey, that wasn't my boyfriend—it was my brother!
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3
as in disaster
something that has failed
his business venture ended up being a turkey, and he lost quite a bit of money on it
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Recent Examples of turkey
PetMD advises a bland, easy-to-digest diet made up of lean proteins such as chicken or turkey, simple carbohydrates like rice or potatoes, and low fat content.
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Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
The event provided Thanksgiving turkeys and dinner fixings to 100 single mothers in the Houston area, as well as gloves, scarves, hats and other essentials for families to take home.
—Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
Choose low-fat, low-sodium deli options such as turkey breast, chicken breast, roast beef, and lean ham.
—Merve Ceylan, Health, 15 Sep. 2025
And when the day is done, our turkey leftover recipes guarantee more than just sandwiches.
—Joe Sevier, Bon Appetit Magazine, 13 Sep. 2025
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Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
The event provided Thanksgiving turkeys and dinner fixings to 100 single mothers in the Houston area, as well as gloves, scarves, hats and other essentials for families to take home.
—Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
Choose low-fat, low-sodium deli options such as turkey breast, chicken breast, roast beef, and lean ham.
—Merve Ceylan, Health, 15 Sep. 2025
And when the day is done, our turkey leftover recipes guarantee more than just sandwiches.
—Joe Sevier, Bon Appetit Magazine, 13 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for turkey
Noun
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Of course, designer decanters, like one by DIOR shaped like a goose, sells for $550.—
John Mariani,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Marie realizes Danny was the roadblock, so why give up the goose?—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
6 Sep. 2025
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This includes adding redundancy to vital systems, segmenting networks so that a compromise in one area does not spread unchecked, and developing explicit incident response processes that incorporate both cyber and physical disaster management.—
Chuck Brooks,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Last year alone, disasters costing $11 billion hit Florida, according to data from the National Centers for Environmental Information, with a total cost between $300 billion and $450 billion from 1980 to 2024.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Sep. 2025
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That monster is Gregers Werle (Alexander Hurt), who returns to his home town only to find that his childhood friend Hjalmar Ekdal (a superbly comic Nick Westrate) has been living in a fool’s paradise.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
18 Sep. 2025
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An affable dad who avoids divisive topics like politics and religion in favor of gentler, autobiographical material that tends to cast him as a well-meaning fool, the Tennessee native is also the rare comic capable of appealing to, or at least not actively alienating, a broad swathe of viewers.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
15 Sep. 2025
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Seth Rollins gassed Bron up by saying Jey Uso thinks his dad is a loser and his uncle is a moron.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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But the shot has been a life-saving public health intervention against the disease, which can lead to severe health problems, including liver cancer and failure, and death.—
Annika Kim Constantino,
CNBC,
18 Sep. 2025
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Johnson has faced six rule vote failures under his speakership, with the most recent on July 15.—
Rachel Schilke,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Sep. 2025
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Whether those people are sickened by grief and rage into a kind of temporary insanity, genuine lunatics, hustlers looking to milk a little more engagement or some combination of the three doesn’t really matter.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
12 Sep. 2025
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Normies, apparently, refers to everyone who is not a bat-scat left-wing lunatic.—
Nolan Finley,
Twin Cities,
11 Sep. 2025
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So, the parallel thing that I’ve been frustrated by recently is not just calling Trump stupid, but calling Trump voters stupid.—
Drew Broussard
May 22,
Literary Hub,
22 May 2025
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Sometimes too stupid is actually smartski but sometimes is just stupid stupid.—
Caroline Downey,
National Review,
27 Mar. 2025
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The Haunted Trail takes visitors outdoors through a path with dense fog and several haunting installations with zombies, a ghoul bus, a graveyard filled with ghosts, chainsaw maniacs and more.—
Carlos Rico,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Sep. 2025
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Sure enough, the quiet is shattered when a new villain rolls into town in the form of Dante Reyes (Jason Momoa), a chaotic, fashion-forward maniac with a personal vendetta and a flair for over-the-top drama.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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“Turkey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turkey. Accessed 23 Sep. 2025.
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