kangaroo
Syllables: kan·ga·rooUK/ˌkæŋ.ɡəˈɹuː/
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Australia/ˌkæːŋ.ɡəˈɹʉː/
kangaroo noun: a member of the Macropodidae family of large marsupials with strong hind legs for hopping, native to Australia and New Guinea.
Noun
kangaroo (plural kangaroos)
- 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
- In the woods are the kanguroo, the emu or cassowary, paroquets, and a variety of small birds […].1814, Matthew Flinders, A Voyage to Terra Australis
- A hooded jacket with a front pocket, usually of fleece material, a kangaroo jacket.
- Synonyms:
- bunny hug, hoodie, kangaroo jacket
Verb
kangaroo (third-person singular simple present kangaroos, present participle kangarooing, simple past and past participle kangarooed)
- To practice kangaroo care on an infant; to hold a premature infant against the skin.
- To hunt kangaroo.
- To move like a kangaroo.
Adjective
kangaroo (not comparable)
- 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 ...2005, Year Book Australia: 2006, Aust. Bureau of Statistics, page 708
- 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.2017, Jeff Madura, CHANDRASEKHAR & MADURA KRISHNAMURTI (JEFF & HOQUE, ARIFUL.), Ariful Hoque, International Financial Management with Student Resource Access 12 Months, Cengage AU, page 667
- Characterized by rapidly jumping prices in securities markets or by belief that the prices are unstable in contrast to bear and bull markets.
kangaroo meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
kangaroo in Hindi
- marsupial
- कंगारू kaṅgārū
kangaroo in Tamil
- marsupial
- கங்காரு kaṅkāru
kangaroo in Marathi
- marsupial
- कांगारु kāṅgāru
kangaroo in Urdu
- marsupial
- کنگارو kangārū
More languagesFewer languages
- kangaroo in Bengali
- ক্যাংগারু kêṅgaru
- kangaroo in Telugu
- కంగారూ kaṅgārū
- kangaroo in Malayalam
- കാംഗരു kāṅgaru
- kangaroo in Kannada
- ಚೀಲದ ನರಿ, ಕುಪ್ಪಳಿಕೆ ನರಿ
- kangaroo in Punjabi
- ਕੰਗਾਰੂ, ਕੰਗਾਰੂੰਗ, ਕੰਗਾਰੂ ਤੱਕ
- kangaroo in Gujarati
- કાંગારૂ, કંગારૂ, કાંગારુ
- kangaroo in Odia
- କାଙ୍ଗାରୁ, କଙ୍ଗାରୁ
- kangaroo in Assamese
- কেংগেৰু keṅgeru
- kangaroo in Nepali
- कंगारू, कङ्गारू, कंगारु
- kangaroo in Tagalog
- kangguru, kangguro, kanggaru, kanggaro
- kangaroo in Arabic
- كَنْغَر kanḡar
- kangaroo in Malay
- kanggaru
- kangaroo in Indonesian
- kanguru
- kangaroo in Persian
- کانگورو kânguru
- kangaroo in Thai
- จิงโจ้ jing-jôo
- kangaroo in Vietnamese
- căng-gu-ru, kangaroo, chuột túi
- kangaroo in Myanmar
- သားပိုက်ကောင် sa:puikkaung
- Dhivehi
- ކެންގަރޫ ken̊garū
Examples of kangaroo in a sentence
- Bonds issued in the Australian market by non-resident entities are known as kangaroo bonds.2018, Ben Hunt, Chris Terry, Financial Institutions and Markets, Cengage AU, →ISBN, page 206:
- It led the first kangaroo issue, a $150million offering by the (South) Korea ...1998, Business Review Weekly: BRW:
- Issuance in the Kangaroo bond market (Australian dollar bonds issued onshore by non- residents) soared over the 2002–06 period due to a combination of factors.2010, Susan Black, Anella Munro, Why Issue Bonds Offshore?:
Synonyms of kangaroo
Forms of kangaroo
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | kangaroos |
| alternative form (obsolete) | kangooroo |
| alternative form (obsolete) | kanguroo |
| alternative form (obsolete) | kanguru |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | kangaroos |
| present participle | kangarooing |
| past participle | kangarooed |
| past | kangarooed |
Origin of kangaroo
Borrowed from Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru (“eastern grey kangaroo”). Despite a popular misconception, the Guugu Yimidhirr term does not mean "I don't know".
Words formed from kangaroo
- a kangaroo loose in the top paddock
- anti-kangaroo
- Australian as a kangaroo
- eccentric kangaroo unicycle
- fangaroo
- forest kangaroo
- jerboa kangaroo
- kangaroo acacia
- kangaroo apple
- kangaroo ball
- kangaroo-bar
- kangaroo bar
- kangaroo bear
- kangaroo-beetle
- kangaroo beetle
- Kangaroobie
- kangarooburger
- kangaroo camp
- kangaroo care
- kangaroo closure
- kangaroo code
- kangaroo court
- Kangaroo Creek
- Kangaroo Defence
- Kangaroo Defense
- kangaroo dog
- kangarooer
- Kangaroo Flat
- kangaroo-fly
- kangaroo-foot plant
- kangaroo fucker
- kangaroo grass
- Kangaroo Ground
- Kangaroo Gully
- kangaroo hare
- Kangaroo Head
- kangaroo-hop
- kangaroo hop
- kangaroo-hound
- Kangaroo Inn
- kangarooish
- Kangaroo Island
- kangaroo jerboa
- kangaroo justice
- kangaroolike
- kangaroo meat
- kangaroo mother care
- kangaroo mother method
- kangaroo mouse
- kangaroo paw
- kangaroo piss
- kangaroo pocket
- Kangaroo Point
- kangaroo-rat
- kangaroo rat
- kangaroo route
- kangaroo's-foot
- kangaroo's-foot plant
- kangaroo ship
- kangaroo-shoot
Phrases with kangaroo
- rat kangaroo
- red kangaroo
- hare kangaroo
- kangaroo bars
- kangaroo dogs
- kangaroo mice
- kangaroo paws
- kangaroo rats
- kangaroo tick
- kangaroo vine
- kangaroo word
- tree kangaroo
36 more phrasesFewer phrases
- kangaroo camps
- kangaroo ticks
- kangaroo vines
- kangaroo words
- sooty kangaroo
- boxing kangaroo
- kangaroo apples
- kangaroo courts
- kangaroo jacket
- kangaroo routes
- kangaroo ticket
- Kangaroo Valley
- kangaroo beetles
- kangaroo fuckers
- kangaroo grasses
- kangaroo jackets
- kangaroo pockets
- kangaroo stoppie
- kangaroo tickets
- kangaroo closures
- kangaroo stoppies
- kangaroo unicycle
- musky rat kangaroo
- antilopine kangaroo
- Kangaroo Island emu
- Kangaroo Island emus
- short-faced kangaroo
- eastern gray kangaroo
- eastern grey kangaroo
- Upper Kangaroo Valley
- western gray kangaroo
- western grey kangaroo
- Supreme Kangaroo Court
- Phillips's kangaroo rat
- Stephens's kangaroo rat
- Lumholtz's tree kangaroo
Words that rhyme with kangaroo
Questions about kangaroo
- What does kangaroo mean?
- Kangaroo means a member of the Macropodidae family of large marsupials with strong hind legs for hopping, native to Australia and New Guinea.
- What is kangaroo in Hindi?
- Kangaroo in Hindi is कंगारू (kaṅgārū). See Kangaroo meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use kangaroo in a sentence?
- Bonds issued in the Australian market by non-resident entities are known as kangaroo bonds.
- What part of speech is kangaroo?
- Kangaroo can be a noun, a verb or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce kangaroo?
- Kangaroo is pronounced /ˌkæːŋ.ɡəˈɹʉː/ (Australia).
- What is the plural of kangaroo?
- The plural of kangaroo is kangaroos.
Words near kangaroo in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: kangaroo (page history and authors); కంగారూ (Telugu) (page history and authors); കാംഗരു (Malayalam) (page history and authors); kangaroo (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); kangaroo (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kangaroo (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kangaroo (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kangaroo (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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