turkey
Từ điển Collocation
turkey noun
ADJ. lean, tender | Christmas | traditional the traditional turkey with all the trimmings | frozen | oven-ready | stuffed | roast, smoked | boned, minced
VERB + TURKEY breed | raise We raise turkeys mainly for the Christmas market. | eat, have | stuff | cook, roast | baste | carve
TURKEY + VERB gobble Turkeys make a funny gobbling sound.
TURKEY + NOUN farm | breast | dinner, lunch > Special page at FOOD
Từ điển WordNet
n.
- large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food; Meleagris gallopavo
- a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; achieved independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1923; Turkey, Republic of Turkey
- a person who does something thoughtless or annoying; joker
some joker is blocking the driveway
- flesh of large domesticated fowl usually roasted
- an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual; bomb, dud
the first experiment was a real turkey
the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned
English Idioms Dictionary
fool, dumbo, jerk You turkey! Why did you put Jello on my pizza?
Bloomberg Financial Glossary
A losing investment.
Investopedia Financial Terms
Turkey
Slang for an investment that yields disappointing results or turns out worse than expected. Failed business deals, securities that realize significant losses and unsuccessful initial public offerings (IPOs) could all be called "turkeys".
Investopedia Says:
For an individual investor, a turkey could be a speculative equity investment in a startup technology company that subsequently goes bankrupt. For a corporation, a turkey could be the purchase of a smaller company that ends up producing much less revenue than anticipated, making it an investment that gobbles up the company's profits.
English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary
turkeys
syn.: Meleagris gallopavo Republic of Turkey Turkey bomb dud joker
