gerbil
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- noun
- /ˈdʒɜrbəl/
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- We have had hamsters before, but not gerbils, so we spent hours acquiring as much information as we could.
You might like, you know, you might like gerbils, you might like baseball.
- You might like, you know, you might like gerbils, you might like baseball.
- And all the sudden, Mickey Rooney says, yes, there was talk of gerbils.
- And if they get angry enough, they might carry it directly to gerbils.
Examples
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When I was in high school, I had a gerbil named Ralph.
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Gerbils are popular pets because they are gerbils that are friendly and easy to care for.
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When I was in high school, I had a gerbil named Ralph.
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The fat sand rat looks more like a gerbil.
Academic text (2003) -
Yes, a pet, like a dog or a budgie or a gerbil.
Fiction book (1994) -
We still have hamsters and gerbils, which are cute little rodents and used as pets as well as in some research.
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My friend has a gerbil that loves to run on its wheel all night.
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We bought a gerbil for our son, and he enjoys playing with it every day.
Synonyms
A small gerbil from Mongolia often kept as a pet
A small friendly rodent often kept as a pet that is easy to care for
A small rodent like a gerbil with a long snout that lives in southern Europe
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Etymology
Gerbil comes from the French word gerbille, which itself comes from an Arabic word meaning 'desert jumper'. So, the name fits: a gerbil is a small desert rodent with long back legs that jumps, and many people keep them as pets.