gerbil

== English == === Alternative forms === gerbille (dated) (verb): gerble jerbil (dated) === Etymology === From French gerbille, from Latin gerbo, from Arabic جَرْبُوع (jarbūʕ) or يَرْبُوع (yarbūʕ, “jerboa”). Doublet of jerboa. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɝbl̩/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdʒɜːbl̩/ Homophone: Dyirbal Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)bəl === Noun === gerbil (plural gerbils) A member of one of several species of small, jumping, mouselike rodents of the subfamily Gerbillinae, native to Africa, India, and Southern Europe. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === gerbil (third-person singular simple present gerbils, present participle (US) gerbiling or (UK) gerbilling, simple past and past participle (US) gerbiled or (UK) gerbilled) (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). === See also === === References === “gerbil”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === Bigler, Bilger, Gibler == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French gerbille. === Noun === gerbil m (plural gerbili) gerbil ==== Declension ==== == Swedish == === Alternative forms === gerbill === Noun === gerbil c a gerbil, especially a Mongolian gerbil (common as a pet) Synonym: ökenråtta ==== Declension ==== === References === “gerbil”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)