Meaning

3 senses

  1. To practice kangaroo care on an infant; to hold a premature infant against the skin.

  2. (intransitive)To hunt kangaroo.

  3. (intransitive)To move like a kangaroo.

Examples

91 sentences

  1. Koalas are more popular than kangaroos.

    Коали більш популярні, ніж кенгуру.

    ruКоалы популярнее кенгуру.

    deKoalas sind beliebter als Känguruhs.

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  2. Tom has never seen a kangaroo.

    Том ніколи не бачив кенгуру.

    ruТом никогда не видел кенгуру.

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  3. Have you ever seen a kangaroo?

    Ви коли-небудь бачили кенгуру?

    ruВы когда-нибудь видели кенгуру?

    deHast du schon mal ein Känguru gesehen?

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  4. Did you see any kangaroos there?

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  5. Tom had never seen a kangaroo before.

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Origin

Borrowed from Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru (“eastern grey kangaroo”). Despite a popular miscon

Borrowed from Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru (“eastern grey kangaroo”). Despite a popular misconception, the Guugu Yimidhirr term does not mean "I don't know".

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Forms

kangaroos, kangarooing, kangarooed, kangarooed
Base formkangaroo · to kangaroo
3rd person singularkangaroos
Present participlekangarooing
Past simplekangarooed
Past participlekangarooed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theykangaroo
he, she, itkangaroos

Past simpleLesson

all personskangarooed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave kangarooed
he, she, ithas kangarooed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill kangaroo

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
kamikazekankanakanjikaramkaraokeB2
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