English Dictionary

prairie dog

動詞

自動詞 他動詞 婉語 俗語

(intransitive, transitive) 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.

日本語の意味

穴やそれに類似した場所から、短時間で顔や頭を出す（prairie dog が巣穴から頭を出す様子に例えた行動）

Whenever I stroll by the backyard, the curious cat prairie dog out from under the porch to watch me.

裏庭を散歩するたびに、好奇心旺盛な猫が縁の下からひょっこり顔を出して私を見ます。

意味（1）

(intransitive, transitive) 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?”

意味（2）

(slang, euphemistic) To struggle to hold back an involuntary bowel movement.

[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.

prairie dogs （ present singular third-person ）

prairie dogging （ participle present ）

prairie dogged （ participle past ）

prairie dogged （ past ）