■ noun ( plural ~s )
1》 a large mainly domesticated game bird native to North America, having a bald head and (in the male) red wattles. [ Meleagris gallopavo .]
2》 informal something that is highly unsuccessful or of very poor quality.
↘a stupid or inept person.
Phrases
talk ~ N. Amer. informal discuss frankly and openly.
Origin
C16: short for ~cock or ~hen , orig. applied to the guineafowl (which was imported through Turkey), and then erroneously to the American bird.