kangaroo
Pluralkangaroos
Verbkangaroos, kangarooing, kangarooed
Pluralkangaroos
Formskangaroos, kangarooing, kangarooed
- 1A large Australian animal that hops on strong back legs and carries its young in a pouch.
Like a giant rabbit that hops, but with a built-in pocket for its baby.
A kangaroo can leap over a fence with one big jump.
We saw several kangaroos resting in the shade.
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- 2To move forward in big jumps or jerky leaps, the way a kangaroo does.
Like hopping forward in little jumps instead of moving smoothly along.
The car began to kangaroo down the road when he learned to drive.
The children kangarooed across the lawn pretending to be animals.
- 3To hold a baby, often a premature one, against your bare chest to keep it warm and close.
Like a kangaroo carrying its baby in its pouch to keep it warm and close.
Nurses encouraged her to kangaroo her newborn for an hour each day.
He kangarooed his premature son every evening in the hospital.
- 4To go hunting for kangaroos, especially out in the open Australian country.
They went out to kangaroo at dawn across the open plains.
The men kangarooed through the night under a full moon.
- 5A hooded fleece jacket with a large pocket in front for your hands.
Like a warm hooded sweater with one big pocket across the front.
She zipped up her kangaroo and pulled the hood over her ears.
Both boys wore matching kangaroos to the game.
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- 6Belonging to or coming from Australia.
They sailed off to the kangaroo land in search of gold.
He spoke with a strong kangaroo accent.
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- 7Marked by stock prices that jump up and down fast, so the market feels unstable.
Like prices bouncing up and down like a hopping animal instead of moving in one steady direction.
Investors grew nervous as the kangaroo market swung wildly all week.
Nobody could predict the kangaroo prices from one hour to the next.
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Origin
It comes from an Australian Aboriginal language called Guugu Yimidhirr, where "gangurru" meant a kind of kangaroo.