Prairie Dog Definition
noun
Any of a genus (Cynomys, family Sciuridae) of small, burrowing rodents of North America, having a barking cry and living in colonies.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- prairie marmot
verb
(intransitive) To pop up from a hole or similar in a manner that resembles the way a prairie dog pops his head up from his burrow.
Veronica in accounting is always prairie dogging from her desk whenever that new hunk from marketing walks by.
Wiktionary
(slang, euphemistic) To struggle to hold back an involuntary bowel movement.
Wiktionary
Alternative form of prairie dog.
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Other Word Forms of Prairie Dog
Noun
Singular:
prairie dog
Plural:
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