turducken
/ˌtɝˈdʌk(ə)n/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.67 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The main attraction at dinner this week is called "turducken." To make it, [Paul] Prudhomme stuffs a boneless chicken with a reddish sausage stuffing; the stuffed chicken is then stuffed into a boneless duck with cornbread stuffing; finally, the chicken and the duck are stuffed into boneless turkey with greenish oyster stuffing. When sliced, you have three birds and a rainbow of stuffings."
- "Turducken is a true niche item; a product that has its roots firmly established in Cajun country and is growing in popularity [...] Skip Shensky, managing partner of the All Cajun Food Co., says his company sold 1,500 turduckens this year. […] Broussard’s experience with the product is a little different. He and his brother grew up eating turducken."
- "Although I may never eat turducken [“Birds of […]"
- "Now, I will admit that when it came time to lay knife on turducken, with everybody gathered around in avid anticipation, the result was horrifying. Instead of freeing a beautiful slice of marbled meat, my knife unleashed a steaming avalanche of something brown and granular onto the platter."
- "In his black Armani tuxedo, Dad set the first slice of turducken on one of the expensive china plates in a tall stack beside him and held it up."
- "We eat turducken: a duck stuffed inside a chicken stuffed inside a turkey. The whole thing deep fat fried."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Turkic *tür(ü)k Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜 (t²ẅr²ẅk²)der. Classical Persian ترکbor. Byzantine Greek Τοῦρκος (Toûrkos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Byzantine Greek -ίᾱ (-íā) Byzantine Greek Τουρκίᾱ (Tourkíā)bor. Medieval Latin Turcia Anglo-Norman Turkyebor. Middle English Turkye English Turkey English turkey Proto-Germanic *dūkaną Proto-West Germanic *dūkan Old English dū̆ce Middle English doke English duck Proto-Germanic *keukô Proto-Germanic *keukô Proto-Germanic *kukkaz Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Germanic *-īnaz Proto-West Germanic *kiukīn? Proto-Germanic *kukkīną? Old English ċicen Middle English chiken English chicken blend English turducken Blend of tur(key) + duck + (chick)en.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌtɝˈdʌk(ə)n/
- British English: /tɜːˈdʌk(ə)n/
Usage
- American usage
- Countable
- Uncountable