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'roo

'roo is the clipping of kangaroo.

Meaning of kangaroo

Noun

kangaroo (plural kangaroos)

  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 […].1770 August 4, James Cook, Journal
    Synonyms:
    macropod, roo
  2. (Canada, attributive) A hooded jacket with a front pocket, usually of fleece material, a kangaroo jacket.

See all 7 meanings of kangaroo

Forms of 'roo

plural'roos
alternative formroo

Origin of 'roo

Apheretic form of kangaroo.

Questions about 'roo

What is 'roo the clipping of?
'roo is the clipping of kangaroo.

Words near 'roo in the dictionary

  1. 'roid
  2. 'roid rage
  3. 'roided out
  4. 'roids
  5. 'rona
  6. 'roo
  7. 'roos
  8. 'round
  9. 'rrhoids
  10. 'rt
  11. 's

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Adapted from Wiktionary: 'roo (page history and authors); kangaroo (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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