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Any of genus Cynomys, small, stout-bodied burrowing rodents with shallow cheek pouches, native to North America and Central America.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sod poodle
Antonyms: none provided
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive, idiomatic
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To struggle to hold back an imminent bowel movement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive, broadly, euphemistic, idiomatic, slang, vulgar
Examples
- 2001, Andy Breckman, Rat Race [Kimberly needs to go to the bathroom] Dad, I'm prairie dogging it! What the hell does that mean? You know, like when a prairie dog sticks his head in and out of the ground.
- 2011, Various, David Mack, James Robinson, Ty Templeton, Alan Moore, Jeph Loeb, Kurt Busiek, Vampirella Masters Series 4: The Lost Tales ...They are gonna get a mouthful and a pantful. Crappin their shorts all the way into next week... Yeah those little bastards will be prairie dogging it all the way home!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: turtle head, grow a tail, crown
Antonyms: none provided
any of several rodents of North American prairies living in large complex burrows having a barking cry
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: prairie marmot
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: rodent, gnawer
Narrower terms: blacktail prairie dog, Cynomys ludovicianus, whitetail prairie dog, Cynomys gunnisoni
From prairie + dog, after their yelping alarm calls.
By analogy with the animal's unburrowing behavior.
Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Western Apache:
ę́ʼ
— burrowing rodent
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Arikara:
axkUs
— burrowing rodent
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Catalan:
gosset de les praderies
— burrowing rodent
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Chinese:
草原犬鼠
(cǎoyuánquǎn shǔ)
— burrowing rodent
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Chinese:
草原松鼠
(cǎoyuán sōngshǔ)
— burrowing rodent
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Crimean Tatar:
cercumuran
— burrowing rodent
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Czech:
psoun stepní
— burrowing rodent
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Dutch:
prairiehond
— burrowing rodent
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Esperanto:
cinomuso
— burrowing rodent
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Estonian:
rohtlahaukur
— burrowing rodent
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Estonian:
preeriakoer
— burrowing rodent
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Finnish:
preerikko
— burrowing rodent
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Finnish:
preeriakoira
— burrowing rodent
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French:
chien de prairie
— burrowing rodent
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French:
chienne de prairie
— burrowing rodent
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German:
Präriehund
— burrowing rodent
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Hawaiian:
kokeiʻa
— burrowing rodent
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Hungarian:
prérikutya
— burrowing rodent
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Italian:
cane della prateria
— burrowing rodent
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Japanese:
プレーリードッグ
(purērī doggu)
— burrowing rodent
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Korean:
프레리도그
(peureridogeu)
— burrowing rodent
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Korean:
마멋
(mameot)
— burrowing rodent
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Malay:
anjing prairi
— burrowing rodent
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Navajo:
dlǫ́ǫ́ʼ
— burrowing rodent
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Pawnee:
askuc
— burrowing rodent
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Polish:
nieświszczuk
— burrowing rodent
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Polish:
piesek preriowy
— burrowing rodent
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Portuguese:
cão-da-pradaria
— burrowing rodent
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Portuguese:
cão-dos-prados
— burrowing rodent
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Russian:
лугова́я соба́чка
(lugovája sobáčka)
— burrowing rodent
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Serbo-Croatian:
prerijski pas
— burrowing rodent
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Spanish:
perrito de las praderas
— burrowing rodent
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Swahili:
kijibwanyika
— burrowing rodent
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Swedish:
präriehund
— burrowing rodent
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Tewa:
kée
— burrowing rodent
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Turkish:
çayır köpeği
— burrowing rodent
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Finnish:
ponnahtaa
— to pop up as if from a hole
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Finnish:
ponnahdella
— to pop up as if from a hole
