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
- (intransitive, slang) To insert a small animal (typically a gerbil, supposedly) into one's rectum (a sexual practice in urban myth).
- 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
- gerbils
- gerbille
- gerbill
- gerbiling
- gerbilling
- gerbiled
- gerbilled
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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