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.
misunderstanding. Use misunderstanding in a sentence. LINK / CITE ADD TO WORD LIST. noun. The definition of a misunderstanding is a situation where something is not understood properly, or a quarrel or disagreement.1  When you read something in a book and you don't understand its actual meaning but instead believe that it means something different entirely, this is an example of a misunderstanding of the book.oun. The definition of a misunderstanding is a situation where something is not understood properly, or a quarrel or disagreement.