What is the meaning of TURK. Phrases containing TURK
See meanings and uses of TURK!Slangs & AI meanings
[from the gooseflesh that is part of abrupt withdrawal] by extension, ending a drug habit without medicinal or professional help, "going cold turkey"
cocaine
 “As poor as Job’s turkey†— as thin and as badly fed as that ill-conditioned and imaginary bird.
Laugh. He's havin' a turkish.
[from turkey, a jerk; or from a theatrical failure or flop] (1) a nonpsychoactive substance sold as a drug. (2) the seller of such phony substances
Turkey−neck is American slang for the penis.
Synonymous with "jerk" or "idiot". Often used in conjunction with "jive" an in "jive turkey".
Talk turkey is slang for to perform oral sex.
(ed: entered verbatim as I have no real idea what this is about - but it sounds almost sensible!) There is a "secret language" called Turkey-Irish. It is similar to Opish. For more details see http://members.tripod.com/quickbeam/merle/cipher.html If you want to delve deeper into this topic, go to http://www.deepfun.com/weblog/2002_12_11_blogger.html http://www.emich.edu/~linguist/issues/8/8-1570.html#1, http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0769354.html (includes a table of Double-Dutch equivalents), and http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/9073/66358 The etymology of the term Pig Latin is (I think)interesting. Of course, it has nothing to do with pigs. And nothing to do with Latin either, except that the derivation of the word Latin and the second half of Pig Latin are identical. Latin is simply the Semitic word LaSHoN = tongue, with the original dental-sound for the shin. Compare Ladino; and Lisan, the tongue of land that almost divides the Dead Sea into north and south parts. The "pig" in Pig Latin is related to Semitic peh-gimel-(heh) PaG(aH) = boy (or girl) before puberty. Compare English "page" = a boy servant or attendant, or the redundant "pageboy" haircut. There are a wide variety of children's languages. To the extent that they are designed to keep secrets from adults, they *must* change every generation.
Terrible Turk is London Cockney rhyming slang for work.
Turn Turk is old English slang for to convert to Islam.
poor quality drugs
Nickname for the F14 Tomcat (when landing, the movement of its control surfaces makes it look like a turkey).
non-drug substance used to deceive
Turkey is American slang for a stupid or idiotic person.Turkey is American slang for a dramatic production that fails; flop.
amphetamine
Turkish bath is Cockney rhyming slang for laugh.
On the turkey is British criminal slang for being sought by the police and evading capture.
A decorative knot made on cylinder objects. Also, seen as a flattened version which is placed on decorative knot boards. A notable practical use for the Turk's head is to mark the "King Spoke" on a ship's wheel.
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A native or inhabitant of Turkey.
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The language spoken by Turks, esp. that of the people of Turkey.
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Turkish.
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Same as Turcoman.
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A college or corporation in Turkey composed of the hierarchy, namely, the imams, or ministers of religion, the muftis, or doctors of law, and the cadis, or administrators of justice.
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A member of any of numerous Tartar tribes of Central Asia, etc.; esp., one of the dominant race in Turkey.
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of Turkey
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Turkish.
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Political servitude; dependence; subjection; slavery; as, the Greeks were held in vassalage by the Turks.
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Turquoise.
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of Turkoman
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Any large American gallinaceous bird belonging to the genus Meleagris, especially the North American wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo), and the domestic turkey, which was probably derived from the Mexican wild turkey, but had been domesticated by the Indians long before the discovery of America.
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The brush turkey (Talegallus Lathami) of Australia. See Brush turkey.
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Of or pertaining to Turkey or the Turks.
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Turkish.
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A councilor of state; a high executive officer in Turkey and other Oriental countries.
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of Turko
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A Turkish tribe which about the close of the 15th century conquered, and settled in, that part of Asia now called Turkestan.
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One of a body of native Algerian tirailleurs in the French army, dressed as a Turk.
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A Mohammedan; esp., one living in Turkey.
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