ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Gerbil

Definition & Meaning

Pronunciation /ˈd͡ʒɝbl̩/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Gerbil is a noun meaning (intransitive) To rotate inside a monowheel or similar apparatus due to sudden acceleration or braking.

Meaning

(intransitive) To rotate inside a monowheel or similar apparatus due to sudden acceleration or braking.

More Meanings

  1. (intransitive, slang) To insert a small animal (typically a gerbil, supposedly) into one's rectum (a sexual practice in urban myth).
  2. A member of one of several species of small, jumping, mouselike rodents of the subfamily Gerbillinae, native to Africa, India, and Southern Europe.

Word Forms

Synonyms for gerbil

Depending on context, synonyms include gerbille.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include gerbille, mongolian, jerbil, gerbillid, gerbilline, gerbilarium.

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