Kangaroo

Quick meaning: Kangaroo is a noun meaning A member of the Macropodidae family of large marsupials with strong hind legs for hopping, native to Australia and New Guinea.

Meaning

A member of the Macropodidae family of large marsupials with strong hind legs for hopping, native to Australia and New Guinea.

More Meanings

1. (Canada, attributive) A hooded jacket with a front pocket, usually of fleece material, a kangaroo jacket.
2. To practice kangaroo care on an infant; to hold a premature infant against the skin.
3. (intransitive) To hunt kangaroo.
4. (intransitive) To move like a kangaroo.
5. Of or relating to Australia.
6. (finance, investments) Characterized by rapidly jumping prices in securities markets or by belief that the prices are unstable in contrast to bear and bull markets.

Example Sentences

In the woods are the kanguroo, the emu or cassowary, paroquets, and a variety of small birds […].

Besides the Animals which I have before mentioned, called by the Natives Kangooroo, or Kanguru […].

Non-resident. bonds. Bonds issued in the Australian market by non-resident entities are known as kangaroo bonds. Figure 8.6 shows that kangaroo bonds represent approximately one-third of non-government bonds outstanding, making them .

3.1.2 The Australian dollar in the global bond market An internationalized currency also serves non-residents as a store of value ... borrowers issuing Australian dollar bonds in the domestic market (foreign bonds known as ' kangaroo bonds').

Word Forms

• kangaroos
• kangooroo
• kanguroo
• kanguru
• kangarooing
• kangarooed

Synonyms for kangaroo

Depending on context, synonyms include macropod, roo, hoodie.

Related Words

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