prairie dog
To pop up from a hole or analogous orifice in a manner that resembles the way a…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.
» Tom saw many prairie dogs.
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3 sentencesTom saw many prairie dogs.
Do prairie dogs hibernate?
Sami saw many prairie dogs.
Meaning
2 senses(ambitransitive, idiomatic)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
(ambitransitive, broadly, euphemistic, idiomatic, slang, vulgar)To struggle to hold back an imminent bowel movement.
Origin
By analogy with the animal's unburrowing behavior.By analogy with the animal's unburrowing behavior.
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Forms
prairie dogs, prairie dogging, prairie dogged, prairie doggedirregular · Lesson
| Base form | prairie dog · to prairie dog |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | prairie dogs |
| Present participle | prairie dogging |
| Past simple | prairie dogged |
| Past participle | prairie dogged |
Tenses
prairie dog · prairie dogged · will prairie dog · have prairie doggedPoint at a form to see it in a sentence.Tap a form to see it in a sentence.
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.