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.
conÂ·fuÂ·sion. n. 1. a. The act of confusing or the state of being confused: Backstage confusion made the rehearsal difficult. b. An instance of being confused: After his awakening to Chicano identity, he briefly mastered his inner confusions and found an articulate voice (David C. Unger).