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How to pronounce “turkey”

Hear “turkey” in real YouTube speech, then study definitions and example sentence snippets.

Pronunciation guide for turkey

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of turkey with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: From The Other Side of The WorldMy parents are immigrants from Turkey.
Definition summary: (countable, originally, now obsolete) The guinea fowl (family Numididae). [from c. 1600]

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From The Other Side of The World

My parents are immigrants from Turkey.

[Noun]
(countable, originally, now obsolete) The guinea fowl (family Numididae). [from c. 1600]
(countable) A bird in the genus Meleagris with a fan-shaped tail and wattled neck.
(uncountable) The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.
(countable) With a distinguishing word: a bird resembling the Meleagris gallopavo (for example, the brush turkey or bush turkey (Alectura lathami), and the water turkey (Anhinga anhinga)).
(countable, bowling) An act of throwing three strikes in a row.
(countable, medicine, slang, derogatory) A patient feigning symptoms; a person faking illness or injury; a malingerer.
(countable, Australia, US, slang, dated) A pack carried by a lumberman; a bindle; also, a large travel bag, a suitcase. [from early 20th c.]
(countable, US, slang) A failure.
(countable, US, slang, usually mildly derogatory) A foolish or inept person.
(African-American Vernacular, Baltimore, slang, derogatory) A prostitute.