English Dictionary
◊ TURKEY
turkey
n 1: large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely
domesticated for food [syn: {Meleagris gallopavo}]
2: a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans [syn: {Turkey}]
3: a person who does something thoughtless or annoying; "some
joker is blocking the driveway" [syn: {joker}]
4: flesh of large domesticated fowl usually roasted
5: an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual; "the
first experiment was a real turkey"; "the meeting was a
dud as far as new business was concerned" [syn: {bomb}, {dud}]
6: wild turkey of Central and northern South America [syn: {ocellated
turkey}, {Agriocharis ocellata}]
English Computing Dictionary
◊ DID YOU MEAN TURN-KEY?
turn-key
A term which describes a system
(hardware and software) which can be used for a specific
application without requiring further programming or software
installation. The user can just "turn the key" (switch it on)
and use it.
(1995-02-06)