Sekirov Dictionary

prairie dog

verb 2
noun 1
forms 6

verb2

•
To pop up from a hole or analogous orifice in a manner that resembles the way a prairie dog pops its head up from its burrow.
- People prairie-dog over the tops of their cubicles and call to their co-workers: “Hey, you going for a walk at lunch today?” — 2017
•
(slang, vulgar) To struggle to hold back an imminent bowel movement.
- I'm about to crap my pants. Je vais me faire au froc. I'm prairie-dogging it. J'ai le cigare au bout des lèvres. Literally, “the cigar is at the edge of my lips”. — 2008

noun1

Any member of the genus Cynomys, small, stout-bodied burrowing rodents with shallow cheek pouches, native to North America and Central America.

forms

prairie dogged · prairie-dogged · prairie dogging · prairie-dogging · prairie dogs · prairie-dogs

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