turkey

(noun) large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food. Synonyms: Meleagris gallopavo.

(noun) a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; on the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1918, the Young Turks, led by Kemal Ataturk, established a republic in 1923. Synonyms: Turkey, Republic of Turkey.

(noun) a person who does something thoughtless or annoying. Synonyms: joker. Example: "Some joker is blocking the driveway."

(noun) flesh of large domesticated fowl usually roasted.

(noun) an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual. Synonyms: bomb, dud. Examples: "The first experiment was a real turkey." "The meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned."