prairie dog

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim Any of genus Cynomys, small, stout-bodied burrowing rodents with shallow cheek pouches, native to North America and Central America.
2. fiil To pop up from a hole or similar in a manner that resembles the way a prairie dog pops his head up from his 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?””

3. fiil To struggle to hold back an involuntary bowel movement.

   “2001, Andy Breckman, Rat Race [Kimberly needs to go to the bathroom] Dad, I'm prairie dogging it! What the hell does that mean? You know, like when a prairie dog sticks his head in and out of the ground.”