turkey-cock

/ˈtɜː(ɹ)ki ˌkɒk/

noun

A male turkey.

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bubbly-jockstagtomturkey gobblerpeacock
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Meanings

nounturkey-cock (plural turkey-cocks)

plural turkey-cocks · alternative turkey cock · alternative turkeycock

  1. A male turkey.

    “What has he done with his money?” asked a red-faced gentleman with a pendulous excrescence on the end of his nose, that shook like the gills of a turkey-cock.

    1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “Stave Four. The Last of the Spirits.”, in A Christmas Carol. […], London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 124

    Synonyms: bubbly-jock, stag, tom, turkey gobbler

  2. broadlyA pompous or vainglorious person.

    Synonyms: bubbly-jock, peacock

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA male turkey.

Similar
bubbly-jockstagtomturkey gobbler

nounA pompous or vainglorious person.

Similar
bubbly-jockpeacock
Also see
peacocktom

Origin

From Turkey + cock; see turkey. By surface analysis, turkey + cock.

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Translations

Bulgarian пуяк
  • пуяк (pujak)pompous or vainglorious person
Catalan indiot
  • indiotpompous or vainglorious person
Chinese Mandarin 公火雞 /公火鸡, 雄火雞 /雄火鸡
  • 公火雞 /公火鸡 (gōnghuǒjī)male turkey
  • 雄火雞 /雄火鸡 (xióng huǒjī)pompous or vainglorious person
Dutch kalkoenhaan, mannelijke kalkoen
  • kalkoenhaanpompous or vainglorious person
  • mannelijke kalkoenpompous or vainglorious person
Esperanto meleagro
  • meleagropompous or vainglorious person
Finnish kalkkunakukko
  • kalkkunakukkopompous or vainglorious person
French dindon, dindon
  • dindonmale turkey
  • dindonpompous or vainglorious person
German Truthahn, Puter
  • Truthahnpompous or vainglorious person
  • Puterpompous or vainglorious person
  • Truterpompous or vainglorious person
  • männliches Truthuhnpompous or vainglorious person
  • Puthahnpompous or vainglorious person
Polish indyk, indor
  • indykmale turkey
  • indormale turkey
  • bufonpompous or vainglorious person
  • bufonkapompous or vainglorious person
  • nadęciakpompous or vainglorious person
  • samochwałapompous or vainglorious person
  • ważniakpompous or vainglorious person
  • ważniaczkapompous or vainglorious person
Portuguese peru
  • perupompous or vainglorious person
Romanian curcan
  • curcanpompous or vainglorious person
Russian индю́к
  • индю́к (indjúk)pompous or vainglorious person
Scottish Gaelic coileach-Frangach
  • coileach-Frangachpompous or vainglorious person
Swedish kalkontupp
  • kalkontupppompous or vainglorious person
Cite this entry
APA

turkey-cock. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turkey-cock

MLA

“turkey-cock.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turkey-cock. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “turkey-cock,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turkey-cock.

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