turkey v.1
to strut around.
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | Torchy 101: One mornin’ he come turkeyin’ out to the brass gate [etc.]. | |
| Shorty McCabe on the Job 66: Why, to see him turkeyin’ round, glancin’ at himself approvin’ in the mirror, [...] you’d think he had some matinée idol as an understudy. |
In phrases
(US gang) to back down, to exhibit cowardice.
| ‘On the Sidewalk, Bleeding’ in Best of Manhunt (2019) [ebook] I wasn’t afraid of the Guardians. I never turkeyed out of a rumble with the Guardians. I got heart. |