Definitions for kangaroo

kangaroo kan·ga·roo

Spelling: [kang-guh-roo]
IPA: /ˌkæŋ gəˈru/

Kangaroo is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 155 anagrams from letters in kangaroo (aagknoor).

Definitions for kangaroo

noun

  1. any herbivorous marsupial of the family Macropodidae, of Australia and adjacent islands, having a small head, short forelimbs, powerful hind legs used for leaping, and a long, thick tail: several species are threatened or endangered.

Origin of kangaroo

1760-70; Guugu Yimidhirr (Australian Aboriginal language spoken around Cooktown, N Queensland) gaŋ-urru large black or gray species of kangaroo

Examples for kangaroo

“He was just a nice guy,” said Renee, a manager at the kangaroo gas station.

I felt as if I were in a literary version of kangaroo court.

But the most interesting event of the day, by far, was the kangaroo hunt.

Nothing could be more astonishing than the enormous bounds of the kangaroo.

But in the kangaroo figure, the burden is slightly shifted and naught is amiss.

Capital Cities, "kangaroo Court" This song has been around for a few weeks, but this video takes it to a whole new level.

He jumps here and there like a kangaroo when he goes on one of his scouting trips.

"Only I did so want to dress up as a kangaroo," mourned Joan dolefully.

And this is not the first time that the kangaroo courts of rural India have made such appalling judgments.

A little higher in the scale stand the kangaroo and the opossum.

Word Value for kangaroo
Scrable

13

Words with friends

15

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