gerbil
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- 12
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Definition of gerbil
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- A member of one of several species of small, jumping, mouselike rodents of the subfamily Gerbillinae, native to Africa, India, and Southern Europe.
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noun
- A member of one of several species of small, jumping, mouselike rodents of the subfamily Gerbillinae, native to Africa, India, and Southern Europe.
verb
- (intransitive)To rotate inside a monowheel or similar apparatus due to sudden acceleration or braking.
- (intransitive, slang)To insert a small animal (typically a gerbil, supposedly) into one's rectum (a sexual practice in urban myth).
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Etymology
From French gerbille, from Latin gerbo, from Arabic جَرْبُوع (jarbūʕ) or يَرْبُوع (yarbūʕ, “jerboa”). Doublet of jerboa.
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