Dictionary

kangaroo en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˌkaŋ.ɡəˈɾuː/ (Wales)
• /ˌkaŋ.ɡəˈɾʉ/ (Scotland)
• /ˌkæŋ.ɡəˈɹu/ (US)
• /ˌkæːŋ.ɡəˈɹʉː/ (Australia)
• /ˌkaŋ.ɡəˈɹʉw/ (British, Southern, Standard)
• /ˌkæŋ.ɡəˈɹuː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˌkaŋ.ɡəˈɻʉ/ (Northern-Ireland)
• (US) audio
• /ˌkeɪŋ.ɡəˈɹu/ (US)
• /ˌkɛŋ.ɡəˈɹʉː/ (New-Zealand)

Etymology

Borrowed from Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru (“eastern grey kangaroo”). Despite a popular misconception, the Guugu Yimidhirr term does not mean "I don't know".

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of or relating to Australia.
   • 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'). 2009, W. Peng, C. Shu, Currency Internationalization: Global Experiences and Implications for the Renminbi, Springer, →ISBN, page 62:
   • Some onshore markets have competed more successfully than others. Issuance in the Kangaroo bond market (Australian dollar bonds issued onshore by non- residents) soared over the 2002–06 period due to a combination of factors. While a ... 2010, Susan Black, Anella Munro, Why Issue Bonds Offshore?:
   • The market is comparatively liquid and the bonds are free of withholding tax if the funds are used overseas. The Commonwealth Bank has largely pioneered the market. It led the first kangaroo issue, a $150million offering by the (South) Korea ... 1998, Business Review Weekly: BRW:
   • The rapid growth in Kangaroo bond issues in the Australian market has given rise to an interest in the nature, trend and impact of this type of bond on Australia's international investment statistics. While Kangaroo bonds have been issued for a ... 2005, Year Book Australia: 2006, Aust. Bureau of Statistics, page 708:
   • Furthermore, the issuers access the kangaroo bond market in order to diversify their funding sources. ... driven by factors such as the relative cost of issuance, including hedging costs and the liquidity of underlying derivative and bond markets. 2017, Jeff Madura, CHANDRASEKHAR & MADURA KRISHNAMURTI (JEFF & HOQUE, ARIFUL.), Ariful Hoque, International Financial Management with Student Resource Access 12 Months, Cengage AU, page 667
   • 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 ... 2018, Ben Hunt, Chris Terry, Financial Institutions and Markets, Cengage AU, →ISBN, page 206:
2. (not-comparable, qualifier:investments) Characterized by rapidly jumping prices in securities markets or by belief that the prices are unstable in contrast to bear and bull markets.

Forms

kangaroo en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌkaŋ.ɡəˈɾuː/ (Wales)
• /ˌkaŋ.ɡəˈɾʉ/ (Scotland)
• /ˌkæŋ.ɡəˈɹu/ (US)
• /ˌkæːŋ.ɡəˈɹʉː/ (Australia)
• /ˌkaŋ.ɡəˈɹʉw/ (British, Southern, Standard)
• /ˌkæŋ.ɡəˈɹuː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˌkaŋ.ɡəˈɻʉ/ (Northern-Ireland)
• (US) audio
• /ˌkeɪŋ.ɡəˈɹu/ (US)
• /ˌkɛŋ.ɡəˈɹʉː/ (New-Zealand)

Etymology

Borrowed from Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru (“eastern grey kangaroo”). Despite a popular misconception, the Guugu Yimidhirr term does not mean "I don't know".

Meanings

1. A member of the Macropodidae family of large marsupials with strong hind legs for hopping, native to Australia and New Guinea.
   • In the woods are the kanguroo, the emu or cassowary, paroquets, and a variety of small birds […]. 1814, Matthew Flinders, A Voyage to Terra Australis:
   • A lobbying effort by the Australian government to continue the trade of kangaroo skins and meat to California has failed, with the US state set to impose a ban on the import of the animal. […] Australia’s states and territories oversee management of kangaroos and wallabies but the federal government is involved in exports. 2015 September 14, Oliver Milman, “California set to ban kangaroo imports despite lobbying efforts by Australia”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 12 Mar 2021:
   • Besides the Animals which I have before mentioned, called by the Natives Kangooroo, or Kanguru […]. 1770 August 4, James Cook, Journal:
2. (Canada, attributive) A hooded jacket with a front pocket, usually of fleece material, a kangaroo jacket.

Forms

Coordinates

mob

Deriveds

Kangaroo Flat · kangaroo's-foot · kangaroo paw · kangaroo mother method · kangaroo rat · Kangaroo Creek · musk kangaroo · Kangaroo Head · kangaroo court · kangaroo beetle · kangaroo-bar · fangaroo · kangaroo dog · kangaroo word · kangaroo meat · kangaroo fucker · kangaroo-hound · kangaroo stoppie · Kangaroo Inn · kangaroo hare · kangaroo-fly · Upper Kangaroo Valley · rat-kangaroo · kangaroo pocket · kangaroo mother care · Kangaroo Gully · forest kangaroo · kangaroo trial · kangaroo piss · tree kangaroo · kangaroo ship · Kangaroo Defence · kangaroo care · kangaroo justice · kangaroo route · kangaroo-shoot · kangaroo tick · kangaroo bear · a kangaroo loose in the top paddock · Kangaroo Defense · Kangaroo Ground · tree-kangaroo · Socceroo · anti-kangaroo · eccentric kangaroo unicycle · rat kangaroo · roo · kangaroo-shooter · Kangaroo Island · kangarooburger · rock kangaroo · kangaroo mouse · kangarooish · kangaroo vine · kangaroo grass · Kangaroo Tour · kangaroo closure · kangaroo camp · kangaroo ticket · kangarooer · kangaroo unicycle · Australian as a kangaroo · kangaroo-beetle · kangaroo-foot plant · kangaroo-hop · Kangaroobie · kangaroo code · kangaroo hop · kangaroolike · kangaroo acacia · jerboa kangaroo · kangatarian · kangaroo-thorn · Kangaroo Point · kangaroo-rat · Olyroos · Kangaroo Valley · kangaroo's-foot plant · kangaroo jerboa · Upper Kangaroo River · kangaroo-shooting · kangaroo apple · kangaroo ball · kangaroo bar · kangaroo skin

Descendants

கங்காரு · kangaroo · kangoeroe · kenguru · カンガルー · känguru · Känguru · kanggiuriu · canguro · kenguru · კენგურუ · кенгуру́ · kænguru · kangourou · kenguru · καγκουρό · canguru · kāgalū · കങ്കാരു · känguru · kenguru · കാംഗരു · canguro · കംഗാരു · кенгуру́ · ক্যাঙ্গারু · קֶנְגּוּרוּ · cangarŵ · كَنْغَر · Känguruh · कंगारू · kāgalū

Hyponyms

red kangaroo · brush kangaroo · eastern grey kangaroo · hare kangaroo · giant kangaroo · rat-kangaroo · short-faced kangaroo · banded kangaroo · western gray kangaroo · hare-kangaroo · boxing kangaroo · great kangaroo · antelope kangaroo · sooty kangaroo · western grey kangaroo · plains kangaroo · antilopine kangaroo · eastern gray kangaroo · tree-kangaroo

Relateds

wallaby · marsupial · joey · wallaroo

Synonyms

hoodie (jacket) · macropod (Macropodidae) · kangaroo jacket (jacket) · roo (Macropodidae) · bunny hug (jacket)

Translations (175)

xal кенгуру (marsupial) · sh klòkan (marsupial) · zku nantu (marsupial) · ru кенгуру́ (marsupial) · fr kangourou (marsupial) · mn кенгуру (marsupial) · xda wallumbang (marsupial) · mt kangarù (marsupial) · tcs kangru (marsupial) · wyi kuyim (marsupial) · bg ке́нгуру (marsupial) · is kengúra (marsupial) · rop keingurru (marsupial) · to kangakalū (marsupial) · ta கங்காரு (marsupial) · wyi marram (marsupial) · sh kȅngūr (marsupial) · ms kanggaru (marsupial) · az kenğur (marsupial) · bn ক্যাংগারু (marsupial) · nrk mangkuru (marsupial) · wrr gangman (marsupial) · adt urdlu (marsupial) · pl kangurzyca (marsupial) · nl kangoeroe (marsupial) · fa کانگورو (marsupial) · mi kangarū (marsupial) · uz kenguru (marsupial) · hi कंगारू (marsupial) · ka კენგურუ (marsupial) · tl kanggaru (marsupial) · gag kanguru (marsupial) · sty көнгөрә (marsupial) · hu kenguru (marsupial) · nv nahatʼeʼiitsoh (marsupial) · xal имҗ (marsupial) · ar كَنْغَر (marsupial) · ko 캉가루 (marsupial) · az kenquru (marsupial) · he קֶנְגּוּרוּ (marsupial) · io kanguruo (marsupial) · ja カンガルー (marsupial) · nnr nhandhu (marsupial) · ba көнгөрә (marsupial) · aer aherre (marsupial) · an canguro (marsupial) · adt mandya (marsupial) · gl canguro (marsupial) · pmd putju (marsupial) · dv ކެންގަރޫ (marsupial) · pjt maḻu (marsupial) · as কেংগেৰু (marsupial) · gbw mari (marsupial) · nha yawarda (marsupial) · be кенгуру́ (marsupial) · ro cangur (marsupial) · pl kangur (marsupial) · tg кенгуру (marsupial) · af kangaroe (marsupial) · et känguru (marsupial) · gv kangaroo (marsupial) · ky бөрсө (marsupial) · sh ке̏нгӯр (marsupial) · ulk usar (marsupial) · chr ᎤᏜᏩᏓ (marsupial) · sk kengura (marsupial) · tr kanguru (marsupial) · kk кенгуру (marsupial) · la macropus (marsupial) · da kænguru (marsupial) · kld bandaarr (marsupial) · km កង់ហ្គូរូ (marsupial) · mk кенгур (marsupial) · nys yonga (marsupial) · hy կենգուրու (marsupial) · la halmaturus (marsupial) · rap kanakalū (marsupial) · oj ᒥᐦᓴᐴᔅ (marsupial) · th จิงโจ้ (marsupial) · cy cangarŵ (marsupial) · ug xaltiliq chashqan (marsupial) · tl kangguro (marsupial) · vi căng-gu-ru (marsupial) · cmn 袋鼠 (marsupial) · wyi too-re-mut (marsupial) · bo ཁུག་བྱི། (marsupial) · sh кло̀кан (marsupial) · fy kangoeroe (marsupial) · wro wara (marsupial) · drl tharlta (marsupial) · xdk gawulgung (marsupial) · he קֶנְגּוּרוּאִים (marsupial) · wbp marlu (marsupial) · sl kenguru (marsupial) · yue 袋鼠 (marsupial) · fo kengura (marsupial) · xdk baragarang (marsupial) · mn имж (marsupial) · gd cangaru (marsupial) · mr कांगारु (marsupial) · ro cangură (marsupial) · zku tarnta (marsupial) · yxg barrar (marsupial) · sm kāgalū (marsupial) · tiw diraga (marsupial) · kw kangarou (marsupial) · fi kenguru (marsupial) · niu kangakalū (marsupial) · sv känguru (marsupial) · lv ķengurs (marsupial) · xdk buru (marsupial) · nb kenguru (marsupial) · vi kangaroo (marsupial) · ca cangur (marsupial) · nrf kangarou (marsupial) · haw kanakulū (marsupial) · ast canguru (marsupial) · chr ᏗᎵᏔᏕᎩ ᏥᏍᏕᏥᏳᏍᏗ (marsupial) · wbp wawirri (marsupial) · sl klokan (marsupial) · vo kangur (marsupial) · ht kangourou (marsupial) · ko 캥거루 (marsupial) · it canguro (marsupial) · eu kanguru (marsupial) · ojw ᒥᐦᓴᐴᐢ (marsupial) · sq kangur (marsupial) · tpi bikpela magani (marsupial) · tet kangurú (marsupial) · pt canguru (marsupial) · uk кенгуру́ (marsupial) · ur کنگارو (marsupial) · es canguro (marsupial) · gih guruman (marsupial) · jv kanguru (marsupial) · vi chuột túi (marsupial) · ky кенгуру (marsupial) · mwp usar (marsupial) · chr ᎧᎾᎦᏭ (marsupial) · ia kanguru (marsupial) · dwu djaḻarrpa (marsupial) · nn kenguru (marsupial) · jui gudla (marsupial) · hy ագեվազ (marsupial) · tl kangguru (marsupial) · mwf baybayye (marsupial) · de Känguru (marsupial) · ca cangurú (marsupial) · tl kanggaro (marsupial) · my သားပိုက်ကောင် (marsupial) · id kanguru (marsupial) · smn keŋŋuru (marsupial) · yi קענגורו (marsupial) · sw kangaruu (marsupial) · lo ຈິງໂຈ້ (marsupial) · ga cangarú (marsupial) · zku kurlu (marsupial) · tk kenguru (marsupial) · zku wauwi (marsupial) · ug كېنگۇرۇ (marsupial) · tk kengir (marsupial) · nnr dharandu (marsupial) · kmr kengur (marsupial) · tkl kāgalū (marsupial) · cs klokan (marsupial) · sk klokan (marsupial) · alh girimbọ (marsupial) · kky gangurru (marsupial) · nnr wawi (marsupial) · eo kanguruo (marsupial) · oc cangoró (marsupial) · lt kengūra (marsupial) · tt көнгерә (marsupial) · el καγκουρό (marsupial) · dsb kenguru (marsupial)

wikidata: Q5070208

kangaroo en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˌkaŋ.ɡəˈɾuː/ (Wales)
• /ˌkaŋ.ɡəˈɾʉ/ (Scotland)
• /ˌkæŋ.ɡəˈɹu/ (US)
• /ˌkæːŋ.ɡəˈɹʉː/ (Australia)
• /ˌkaŋ.ɡəˈɹʉw/ (British, Southern, Standard)
• /ˌkæŋ.ɡəˈɹuː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˌkaŋ.ɡəˈɻʉ/ (Northern-Ireland)
• (US) audio
• /ˌkeɪŋ.ɡəˈɹu/ (US)
• /ˌkɛŋ.ɡəˈɹʉː/ (New-Zealand)

Etymology

Borrowed from Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru (“eastern grey kangaroo”). Despite a popular misconception, the Guugu Yimidhirr term does not mean "I don't know".

Meanings

1. To practice kangaroo care on an infant; to hold a premature infant against the skin.
2. (intransitive) To hunt kangaroo.
3. (intransitive) To move like a kangaroo.

Forms