Gerbil
/ˈd͡ʒɝbl̩/ noun, verb, slang
noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A member of one of several species of small, jumping, mouselike rodents of the subfamily Gerbillinae, native to Africa, India, and Southern Europe.
- 2 small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping wordnet
Verb
- 1 To rotate inside a monowheel or similar apparatus due to sudden acceleration or braking. intransitive
- 2 To insert a small animal (typically a gerbil, supposedly) into one's rectum (a sexual practice in urban myth). intransitive, slang
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"Is Cookie a hamster or a gerbil?"
Etymology
From French gerbille, from Latin gerbo, from Arabic جَرْبُوع (jarbūʕ) or يَرْبُوع (yarbūʕ, “jerboa”). Doublet of jerboa.