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Vinony

kangaroo

noun

  1. common name for some marsupials indigenous to Australia in the family Macropodidae
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˌkæŋ.ɡəˈɹʉː/ / [ˌkʰæŋ.ɡəˈɹʊ̈ʉ̯] / /ˌkæŋ.ɡəˈɹuː/

adj

Etymology: Borrowed from Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru (“eastern grey kangaroo”). Despite a popular misconception, the Guugu Yimidhirr term does not mean "I don't know".

  1. Of or relating to Australia.

    “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 ...”

    “Furthermore, the issuers access the kangaroo bond market in order to diversify their funding sources. ... driven by factors such as the relative cost of issuance, including hedging costs and the liquidity of underlying derivative and bond markets.”

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

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru (“eastern grey kangaroo”). Despite a popular misconception, the Guugu Yimidhirr term does not mean "I don't know".

  1. A member of the Macropodidae family of large marsupials with strong hind legs for hopping, native to Australia and New Guinea.

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

    “In the woods are the kanguroo, the emu or cassowary, paroquets, and a variety of small birds […].”

  2. A hooded jacket with a front pocket, usually of fleece material, a kangaroo jacket.

verb

Etymology: Borrowed from Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru (“eastern grey kangaroo”). Despite a popular misconception, the Guugu Yimidhirr term does not mean "I don't know".

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