Female cut turkey (4)
I believe the answer is:
flop
'turkey' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'female cut' is the wordplay.
'female' becomes 'f' (common abbreviation).
'cut' becomes 'lop' (lopping is a kind of cutting).
'f'+'lop'='FLOP'
(Other definitions for flop that I've seen before include "Total failure; fall heavily" , "No success" , "Failure - loll" , "Utter failure" , "Fall clumsily, liked failed play" .)