prairie-dog

Verb

prairie dog (third-person singular simple present prairie dogs, present participle prairie dogging, simple past and past participle prairie dogged)

1. (ambitransitive, idiomatic) 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.
   • Near-synonym: emerge
2. (ambitransitive, broadly, euphemistic, idiomatic, slang, vulgar) To struggle to hold back an imminent bowel movement.
   • Kimberly: [needs to go to the bathroom] Dad, I'm prairie dogging it!
     Dad: What the hell does that mean?
     Jason: You know, like when a prairie dog sticks his head in and out of the ground.
     […] Dad: Ohh, god, I do not wanna picture that!2001, Andy Breckman, directed by Jerry Zucker, Rat Race, Jillian Marie (Kimberly Pear), Jon Lovitz (Randy Pear, “Dad”), and Brody Smith (Jason Pear) (actors)

   Synonyms:

   turtle head, grow a tail, crown, touch cotton

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