turkey cock

tur·key cock

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [tur-kee kok]
- /ˈtɜr ki kɒk/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [tur-kee kok]
- /ˈtɜr ki kɒk/

Definitions of turkey cock words

noun turkey cock the male of the turkey. 1
noun turkey cock a strutting, pompous, conceited person. 1
noun turkey cock a male turkey 0
noun turkey cock an arrogant person 0
noun turkey cock a strutting or pompous person 0

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Origin of turkey cock

First appearance:

before 1535

One of the 29% oldest English words

First recorded in 1535-45

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Parts of speech for Turkey cock

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Turkey cock

turkey cock popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 34% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

turkey cock usage trend in Literature

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