gerbil

English

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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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Noun

gerbil (plural gerbils)

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

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Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To rotate inside a monowheel or similar apparatus due to sudden acceleration or braking.
  2. (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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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French gerbille.

Noun

gerbil m (plural gerbili)

  1. gerbil

Declension
Declension of gerbil
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) gerbil gerbilul (niște) gerbili gerbilii
genitive/dative (unui) gerbil gerbilului (unor) gerbili gerbililor
vocative gerbilule gerbililor

Swedish

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Noun

gerbil c

  1. a gerbil, especially a Mongolian gerbil (common as a pet)
    Synonym: ökenråtta

Declension
Declension of gerbil 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative gerbil gerbilen gerbiler gerbilerna
Genitive gerbils gerbilens gerbilers gerbilernas

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