Definition of turk Turk

/tɚˈk/ - [terk] - Turk

We found 14 definitions of turk from 6 different sources.

What does turk mean?

Noun
turk - a native or inhabitant of Turkey
		turki a subfamily of Altaic languages
		republic of turkey, turkey large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food
		osmanli, ottoman turk, ottoman thick cushion used as a seat

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turk (Noun)
A member of any of the numerous ethnic groups whose majority have lived a nomadic life on the vast Eurasian steppe, speaking Turkic languages.
turk (Noun)
A person from Turkey.
turk (Noun)
A Muslim.
turk (Noun)
A bloodthirsty and savage person; vandal; barbarian.
turk (Noun)
A homosexual, assuming the active role in anal sex .
turk (Noun)
A member of a Mestee group in South Carolina.

turk (n.)
A member of any of numerous Tartar tribes of Central Asia, etc.; esp., one of the dominant race in Turkey.
turk (n.)
A native or inhabitant of Turkey.
turk (n.)
A Mohammedan; esp., one living in Turkey.
turk (n.)
The plum weevil. See Curculio, and Plum weevil, under Plum.

turk
turk, n. a native of Turkey, an Ottoman—more widely, a member of a race formerly classed among the 'Turanian' peoples, now more usual to say, of the Mongolo-Tartar ethnological group, and speaking languages of the Ural-Altaic family: a savage fellow: a Mohammedan: a Turkish horse: the plum-weevil or curculio.—ns. Turk′ey-car′pet, a soft thick kind of carpet; Turk′ey-hone, -stone, a kind of oilstone brought from Turkey, and used for hones; Turk′ey-mer′chant, one whose trade is with Turkey or the Turkish East; Turk′ey-red, a fine durable red dye, obtained from madder, but now mostly prepared chemically, first produced in Turkey; Turk′ey-stone, the turquoise.—adj. Turk′ish, pertaining to the Turks or to Turkey.—n. the language of the Turks.—ns. Turk′ish-bath, a kind of hot-air bath in which the patient, after being sweated, is rubbed down, and conducted through a series of cooling-chambers until he regains his normal temperature; Turk's′-head, a kind of knot: a long broom with spherical head: a kind of cooking-pan, having a tin core in the centre.—Turn Turk, to become a Mohammedan: to go to the bad: to become hopelessly obstinate

turk
A cruel, hard-hearted man. Turkish treatment; barbarous usage. Turkish shore; Lambeth, Southwark, and Rotherhithe side of the Thames.

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turk in sign language