EGAVE

kangaroo

About 0.88 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A member of the Macropodidae family of large marsupials with strong hind legs for hopping, native to Australia and New Guinea. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  2. noun A hooded jacket with a front pocket, usually of fleece material, a kangaroo jacket.
  3. verb To practice kangaroo care on an infant; to hold a premature infant against the skin.
  4. verb To hunt kangaroo.
  5. verb To move like a kangaroo.
  6. adjective Of or relating to Australia.
  7. adjective Characterized by rapidly jumping prices in securities markets or by belief that the prices are unstable in contrast to bear and bull markets.

Similar words

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Often followed by

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Word family

kangaroos

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