POULTRY Synonyms

• warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings

• the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food

• informal terms for a (young) woman

• a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt

• badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers

• watch and study birds in their natural habitat

• the flesh of a chicken used for food

• a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl

• a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy

• a foolhardy competition; a dangerous activity that is continued until one competitor becomes afraid and stops

• easily frightened

• small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs

• (cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman

• flesh of a duck (domestic or wild)

• a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents

• to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away

• submerge or plunge suddenly

• dip into a liquid

• avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

• a contest with rules to determine a winner

• a single play of a sport or other contest

• an amusement or pastime

• animal hunted for food or sport

• (tennis) a division of play during which one player serves

• (games) the score at a particular point or the score needed to win

• the flesh of wild animals that is used for food

• a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)

• the game equipment needed in order to play a particular game

• your occupation or line of work

• frivolous or trifling behavior

• disabled in the feet or legs

• willing to face danger

• place a bet on

• web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks

• a man who is a stupid incompetent fool

• flesh of a goose (domestic or wild)

• pinch in the buttocks

• prod into action

• give a spurt of fuel to

• adult female chicken

• adult female bird

• flesh of an older chicken suitable for stewing

• female of certain aquatic animals e.g. octopus or lobster

• large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food

• a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; on the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1918, the Young Turks, led by Kemal Ataturk, established a republic in 1923

• a person who does something thoughtless or annoying

• flesh of large domesticated fowl usually roasted

• an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual

• a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl