kangaroo

A kangaroo with a joey.

Meanings

Noun

Verb

  • To practice kangaroo care on an infant; to hold a premature infant against the skin.
  • To hunt kangaroo.
  • To move like a kangaroo

Adjective

  • Of or relating to Australia.
  • Characterized by rapidly jumping prices in securities markets or by belief that the prices are unstable in contrast to bear and bull markets.

Related

Similar words

Origin

  • Borrowed from Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru ("eastern grey kangaroo").

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