gerbil

English

A gerbil.

Alternative forms

gerble (verb)

Etymology

French gerbille, from Latin gerbo, from Arabic جَرْبُوع‎ (jarbūʿ) or يَرْبُوع‎ (yarbūʿ, “jerboa”).

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɝbl̩/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɜːbl̩/
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Homophone: Dyirbal
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)bəl

Noun

gerbil (plural gerbils)

One of several species of small, jumping, murine rodents, of the genus Gerbillus and certain other genera in subfamily Gerbillinae, with leaping powers resembling the jerboa, native to Africa, India, and Southern Europe.

Translations

small rodent

Bulgarian: пясъчна мишка f (pjasǎčna miška)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 沙鼠 (shāshǔ)
Danish: ørkenrotte
Dutch: gerbil (nl) m, springmuis f renmuis f, woestijnrat (nl) f
Estonian: liivahiir
Faroese: oyðimørkaíkorn n
Finnish: gerbilli
French: gerbille (fr) f
Galician: xerbo (gl) m
Georgian: მექვიშიები (mekvišiebi)
German: Rennmaus f, Wüstenrennmaus f, mongolische Rennmaus f

Hungarian: futóegér
Italian: gerbillo (it) m, ratto delle sabbie m
Japanese: スナネズミ (sunanezumi), ジャービル (jābiru)
Low German: rennmüüs
Navajo: hóółtseiigi naʼatsʼǫǫsí
Polish: myszoskoczek (pl) m, gerbil (pl) m, suwak (pl) m
Portuguese: gerbilo m
Romanian: gerbil (ro) m
Russian: песча́нка (ru) f (pesčánka)
Spanish: jerbo m, gerbo m, jerbillo m, gerbillo m
Swedish: ökenråtta (sv) c, gerbil c
Vietnamese: chuột nhảy

Verb

gerbil (third-person singular simple present gerbils, present participle gerbilling or gerbiling, simple past and past participle gerbilled or gerbiled)

(intransitive) To rotate inside a monowheel or similar apparatus due to sudden acceleration or braking.
(intransitive, slang) To insert a small animal into one's rectum (a sexual practice in urban myth).

Anagrams

Bigler, Bilger, Gibler

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