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Kangaroo

//ˌkæŋ.ɡəˈɹuː// adj, noun, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to Australia. not-comparable

    "The rapid growth in Kangaroo bond issues in the Australian market has given rise to an interest in the nature, trend and impact of this type of bond on Australia's international investment statistics. While Kangaroo bonds have been issued for a ..."

  2. 2
    Characterized by rapidly jumping prices in securities markets or by belief that the prices are unstable in contrast to bear and bull markets. not-comparable
Noun
  1. 1
    A member of the Macropodidae family of large marsupials with strong hind legs for hopping, native to Australia.

    "Besides the Animals which I have before mentioned, called by the Natives Kangooroo, or Kanguru […]."

  2. 2
    any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia and New Guinea having large powerful hind legs and a long thick tail wordnet
  3. 3
    A hooded jacket with a front pocket, usually of fleece material, a kangaroo jacket. Canada, attributive
Verb
  1. 1
    To practice kangaroo care on an infant; to hold a premature infant against the skin.
  2. 2
    To hunt kangaroo. intransitive
  3. 3
    To move like a kangaroo. intransitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru (“eastern grey kangaroo”). (There is a popular misunderstanding that the word instead means "I don't know": supposedly, when Europeans asked what the kangaroo was, the Aboriginal Australians' answer meant "I don't know" and Europeans mistook this as the word for the animal. This is not true.)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru (“eastern grey kangaroo”). (There is a popular misunderstanding that the word instead means "I don't know": supposedly, when Europeans asked what the kangaroo was, the Aboriginal Australians' answer meant "I don't know" and Europeans mistook this as the word for the animal. This is not true.)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru (“eastern grey kangaroo”). (There is a popular misunderstanding that the word instead means "I don't know": supposedly, when Europeans asked what the kangaroo was, the Aboriginal Australians' answer meant "I don't know" and Europeans mistook this as the word for the animal. This is not true.)

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