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groundhogese

Syllables: ground·hog·ese/ˌɡɹaʊndhɒɡˈiːz//ˌɡɹaʊn(d)ˌ(h)ɔɡˈiz/

groundhogese noun: a supposed language in which groundhogs and humans can communicate with each other.

groundhogese: a supposed language in which groundhogs and humans can communicate with each other
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Noun

groundhogese (uncountable)

  1. (humorous) A supposed language in which groundhogs and humans can communicate with each other.
    • Wintry winds whipped a whirl of snow around the entrance to the burrow of the famed Punxsutawney groundhog today. […] Under direction of club president and master of shadows Frank A. Lorenzo shadowgraphers, geometricians, groundhogese interpreters and weather scouts went to work to record the...1947 February 3, “Groundhog back to din for 6 weeks”, in Hope Star, volume 48, number 95, Hope, Ark.: Star Pub. Co., →OCLC, page 1, column 3
    • Stranded in town, we heard, rather than saw, the Great Prognosticator's annual prediction, delivered in "groundhogese" and ceremoniously translated by members of the Inner Circle. Phil's fans cheered lustily at the promise of an early spring and immediately streamed back down the mile-long hill to...1997 January 29, Christine H. O’Toole, “Tunnel vision: Without a shadow of a doubt, tiny Punxsutawney, Pa., took a lowly groundhog and made his day”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The...

Examples of groundhogese in a sentence

  • Stranded in town, we heard, rather than saw, the Great Prognosticator's annual prediction, delivered in "groundhogese" and ceremoniously translated by members of the Inner Circle.1997 January 29, Christine H. O’Toole, “Tunnel vision: Without a shadow of a doubt, tiny Punxsutawney, Pa., took a lowly groundhog and made...
  • "Phil only talks in groundhogese which you don't believe in."2014, Roni Adams, Passion in Punxy, Adams Basin, N.Y.: The Wild Rose Press, →ISBN:

Origin of groundhogese

From groundhog + -ese (suffix forming the names of languages used in particular contexts).

Words that rhyme with groundhogese

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Questions about groundhogese

What does groundhogese mean?
Groundhogese means a supposed language in which groundhogs and humans can communicate with each other.
How do you use groundhogese in a sentence?
Stranded in town, we heard, rather than saw, the Great Prognosticator's annual prediction, delivered in "groundhogese" and ceremoniously translated by members of the Inner Circle.
What part of speech is groundhogese?
Groundhogese is a noun.
How do you pronounce groundhogese?
Groundhogese is pronounced /ˌɡɹaʊndhɒɡˈiːz/ (UK).

Words near groundhogese in the dictionary

  1. Groundhog Days
  2. Groundhog Lodge
  3. Groundhog Lodges
  4. groundhog punch
  5. Groundhog's Day
  6. groundhogese
  7. groundhogs
  8. groundhopper
  9. groundhoppers
  10. groundhopping
  11. groundhunter

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