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.
Medical Definition of CONFUSION. : disturbance of consciousness characterized by inability to engage in orderly thought or by lack of power to distinguish, choose, or act decisively. â conÂ·fuÂ·sionÂ·al \-zhnÉl, -zhÉn-Él\ adjective.ords from the Latin fundere have something to do with pouring. To re fund is to pour someone's money back to her or him. Con fus ion exists when too many things are poured together so that they become uncertain and unclear.