The noun TURKEY has 5 senses: 1. large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food. 2. a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; achieved independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1923. 3. a person who does something thoughtless or annoying.
adjective bewildering, complicated, puzzling, misleading, unclear, baffling, muddling, contradictory, ambiguous, inconsistent, perplexing, clear as mud (informal) The statement they issued was highly confusing.
verb (used with object) 1. to perplex or amaze, especially by a sudden disturbance or surprise; bewilder; confuse: The complicated directions confounded him. 2. to throw into confusion or disorder: The revolution confounded the people.