Kangaroo
Word: kangarooKangaroo Meanings:
- Any one of numerous species of jumping marsupials of the family Macropodidæ. They inhabit Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands, They have long and strong hind legs and a large tail, while the fore legs are comparatively short and feeble. The giant kangaroo (Macropus major) is the largest species, sometimes becoming twelve or fourteen feet in total length. The tree kangaroos, belonging to the genus Dendrolagus, live in trees; the rock kangaroos, of the genus Petrogale, inhabit rocky situations; and the brush kangaroos, of the genus Halmaturus, inhabit wooded districts. See Wallaby
- kangooroo, kanguroo, kanguru (obsolete)
- A member of the Macropodidae family of large marsupials with strong hind legs for hopping, native to Australia.
- (Canada, attributive) A hooded jacket with a front pocket, usually of fleece material, a kangaroo jacket.
- (Macropodidae): macropod, roo
- (jacket): bunny hug, hoodie, kangaroo jacket
- (finance, investments) Characterized by rapidly jumping prices in securities markets or by belief that the prices are unstable in contrast to bear and bull markets.
- “kangaroo” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.
- [slang] What we Australians use or ride to get from A to B.
- [slang] A giant rabbit that can kick your ass
- [slang] An Australian marsupial. We usually own about 2 or 3 per family and instead of public transport, and cars, we like to be safe (and prevent green house gases) by taking a kangaroo! Oh and if you're american, they will kick your ass.
- [slang] A hooded sweatshirt with a pouch on the front to put your hands inside if it's cold.
- [slang] Describes a woman who's ass is huge, but her top half is tiny. (Little t-rex arms and wee tits), so she looks like a kangaroo.
- [slang] A person who cares for children (in Spain).
- [slang] People went to Australia and saw these things that liked to bounce. they went to the aboriginees and where likt "wtf are those things?? *points and fuzzy hopping thing with pouch"* and the aboriginees said "kangaroo" so they thought they were called kangaroos but really kangaroo means "I don't understand your question." in aboriginee.
- [slang] The offspring of a donkey and rabbit.
- [slang] to convict someone with false evidence