prairie dog
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prairie dog¹
Where it comes from
From prairie + dog, after their yelping alarm calls.
noun prairie dogs
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Any member of the genus Cynomys, small, stout-bodied burrowing rodents with shallow cheek pouches, native to North America and Central America.
Similar: sod poodle
prairie dog²
Where it comes from
By analogy with the animal's unburrowing behavior.
verb prairie dogs · prairie dogging · prairie dogged · prairie-dog
- To pop up from a hole or analogous orifice in a manner that resembles the way a prairie dog pops its head up from its burrow. Near-synonym: emerge
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To struggle to hold back an imminent bowel movement.
Kimberly: [needs to go to the bathroom] Dad, I'm prairie dogging it!
Dad: What the hell does that mean?
Jason: You know, like when a prairie dog sticks his head in and out of the ground.
[…] Dad: Ohh, god, I do not wanna picture that!
Similar: turtle head, grow a tail, crown, touch cotton
Translations
Every language
noun burrowing rodent
| Español | perrito de las praderas |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 프레리도그 peureridogeu, 마멋 mameot |
| 日本語 | プレーリードッグ purērī doggu |
| Kiswahili | kijibwanyika |
| Português | cão-da-pradaria, cão-dos-prados |
| Français | chien de prairie, chienne de prairie |
| Deutsch | Präriehund |
| Italiano | cane della prateria |
| Русский | лугова́я соба́чка lugovája sobáčka |
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