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turkeycock

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A male turkey.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tom, stag

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cock

2

noun

Meaning 2

A pompous or vainglorious person.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: peacock

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

By surface analysis, turkey + cock. See turkey.

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese: 火雞公 /火鸡公 (hóe-ke-kang, hé-koe-kang) — male turkey
  • Chinese Mandarin: 公火雞 /公火鸡 (gōnghuǒjī) — male turkey
  • French: dindon — male turkey
  • Polish: indyk — male turkey
  • Polish: indor — male turkey
  • Asturian: pavu — pompous or vainglorious person
  • Bulgarian: пуяк (pujak) — pompous or vainglorious person
  • Catalan: indiot — pompous or vainglorious person
  • Chinese Mandarin: 雄火雞 /雄火鸡 (xióng huǒjī) — pompous or vainglorious person
  • Dutch: kalkoenhaan — pompous or vainglorious person
  • Dutch: mannelijke kalkoen — pompous or vainglorious person
  • Esperanto: meleagro — pompous or vainglorious person
  • Finnish: kalkkunakukko — pompous or vainglorious person
  • French: dindon — pompous or vainglorious person
  • German: Truthahn — pompous or vainglorious person
  • German: Puter — pompous or vainglorious person
  • German: Truter — pompous or vainglorious person
  • German: männliches Truthuhn — pompous or vainglorious person
  • German: Puthahn — pompous or vainglorious person
  • Macedonian: ми́сир (mísir) — pompous or vainglorious person
  • Polish: bufon — pompous or vainglorious person
  • Polish: bufonka — pompous or vainglorious person
  • Polish: nadęciak — pompous or vainglorious person
  • Polish: samochwała — pompous or vainglorious person
  • Polish: ważniak — pompous or vainglorious person
  • Polish: ważniaczka — pompous or vainglorious person
  • Portuguese: peru — pompous or vainglorious person
  • Romanian: curcan — pompous or vainglorious person
  • Russian: индю́к (indjúk) — pompous or vainglorious person
  • Scottish Gaelic: coileach-Frangach — pompous or vainglorious person
  • Swedish: kalkontupp — pompous or vainglorious person
  • Volapük: dindun manik — pompous or vainglorious person