kangaroo
/ˌkæŋ.ɡəˈɹu/ verb C2- To practice kangaroo care on an infant; to hold a premature infant against the skin.
- To hunt kangaroo.
- To move like a kangaroo.
He/she/it kangaroos · Past kangarooed · Past participle kangarooed · -ing form kangarooing
Verb forms
- Base form
- kangaroo
- He/she/it
- kangaroos
- Past
- kangarooed
- Past participle
- kangarooed
- -ing form
- kangarooing
From the library
If Marilla had said that Matthew had gone to Bright River to meet a kangaroo from Australia Mrs.
Rikki-tikki felt his eyes growing red and hot (when a mongoose’s eyes grow red, he is angry), and he sat back on his tail and hind legs like a little kangaroo, and looked all round him, and chattered with rage.
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