prairie dog
prairie dog
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prairie dog
noun
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prairie dog. (n.d.). Retrieved August 17th, 2018, from http://www.yourdictionary.com/prairie-dog
(plural prairie dogs)
(third-person singular simple present prairie dogs, present participle prairie dogging, simple past and past participle prairie dogged)
- (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.
- (slang, euphemistic) To struggle to hold back an involuntary bowel movement.
By analogy with how the animal pops its head up from its burrow.
(third-person singular simple present prairie-dogs, present participle prairie-dogging, simple past and past participle prairie-dogged)
- Alternative form of prairie dog.
MLA Style
"prairie dog." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 17 August 2018. <http://www.yourdictionary.com/prairie-dog>.
APA Style
prairie dog. (n.d.). Retrieved August 17th, 2018, from http://www.yourdictionary.com/prairie-dog
