intj
Meaning 1
The call of a morepork.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
morepork
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Australian, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmɔːpɔːk/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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General-American: /ˈmɔɹˌpɔ(ə)ɹk/
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New-Zealand: /ˈmoːpoːk/
noun
Meaning 2
The Tasmanian spotted owl (Ninox novaeseelandiae), a small brown owl indigenous to New Zealand and Tasmania.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: New-Zealand
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mopoke, ruru
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Used as a mild term of abuse.
A foolish person; also, a person who is wearisome.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, New-Zealand, colloquial, derogatory
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Used as a mild term of abuse.
A person who is lazy or slow; a slowcoach, a slowpoke.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, New-Zealand, colloquial, derogatory
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bum, couch potato, dawdler, deadbeat, dogfucker, do-naught, do-nothing, dosser, idler, idleton, faineant, flaneur, footler, get-nothing, good-for-nothing, goldbricker, goof-off, lallygag, lollygagger, laggard, layabout, lazy ass, lazybones, lazy louse, lidderon, lie-abed, loafer, loiter-sack, lounge lizard, lounger, morepork, ne'er-do-well, poop, ragabash, shirker, skiver, slacker, slob, slow belly, slug, slugabed, slug-a-bed, slugabug, sluggabed, sluggard, sofa spud, tarrier, truant, wasteman, waster, wastrel
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
The word is imitative of the bird's call.
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: nínox de Nova Zelanda — Ninox novaeseelandiae
- Czech: sovka bubuk — Ninox novaeseelandiae
- Czech: sova skvrnitá — Ninox novaeseelandiae
- Danish: newzealandsk høgeugle — Ninox novaeseelandiae
- Dutch: Nieuw-Zeelandse boeboekuil — Ninox novaeseelandiae
- Esperanto: ruruo — Ninox novaeseelandiae
- Estonian: lõuna-haugaskakk — Ninox novaeseelandiae
- Finnish: uudenseelanninhaukkapöllö — Ninox novaeseelandiae
- French: ninoxe boubouk — Ninox novaeseelandiae
- German: Neuseeland-Kuckuckskauz — Ninox novaeseelandiae
- Hebrew: ינשוף טסמני מנוקד — Ninox novaeseelandiae
- Hungarian: kakukkbagoly — Ninox novaeseelandiae
- Irish: búbúc Norfolk — Ninox novaeseelandiae
- Italian: gufastore di Nuova Zelanda — Ninox novaeseelandiae
- Japanese: ニュージーランドアオバズク — Ninox novaeseelandiae
- Lithuanian: gegutinė aštrianagė pelėda — Ninox novaeseelandiae
- Māori: ruru — Ninox novaeseelandiae
- Norwegian: nattsvermerugle — Ninox novaeseelandiae
- Polish: sowica ciemnolica — Ninox novaeseelandiae
- Portuguese: coruja-lavradora — Ninox novaeseelandiae
- Russian: куку́шечья иглоно́гая сова́ (kukúšečʹja iglonógaja sová) — Ninox novaeseelandiae
- Slovak: sovka mopoke — Ninox novaeseelandiae
- Spanish: nínox maorí — Ninox novaeseelandiae
- Swedish: nyazeelandspökuggla — Ninox novaeseelandiae
- Welsh: gwalchdylluan bwbwc — Ninox novaeseelandiae
- Woiwurrung: gugum — Ninox novaeseelandiae