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Old March 27, 2010, 06:28 PM
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Duck means to lower your head and body quickly in order to move under sth or to avoid being hit
Ex. Duck under the table

Can anybody list different verbs with examples to illustrate them , verbs coming from animal nouns.
TO dog etc...
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Old March 27, 2010, 06:35 PM
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Duck means to lower your head and body quickly in order to move under sth or to avoid being hit
Ex. Duck under the table

Can anybody list different verbs with examples to illustrate them , verbs coming from animal nouns.
TO dog etc...
To dog someone about something - annoy someone
To pig out - to eat alot
To cat nap - sleep during the day / generally be lazy during the day like a cat
To hound someone - to consistently bother someone
To leech someone - to slowly steal something from someone
To weasel out - to get out of something
To ram - hit something
To monkey around - fool around

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Old March 27, 2010, 07:13 PM
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isn't there 'to horse around'? I think that means the same as monkey around...I don't know if there is -_-
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isn't there 'to horse around'? I think that means the same as monkey around...I don't know if there is -_-
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to horse around - to fool around
to cat around - to spend one's time idly | to hunt for a sexual mate
to wolf down - to eat quickly
to chicken out - to be afraid, to back out of a deal
to hog something - to keep something to oneself
to parrot - to mimic (speech)
to ape - to mimic (movement)
to crow over something - to boast
to pony up - to settle a debt (pay an account)
to eagle - to shoot two strokes under par in the game of golf
to birdie - to shoot one stroke under par
to bear - to support
to ferret out - to search out
to snake - to wind or twist through a place
to flounder - to struggle
to rat - to squeal
to mouse - to prowl about (quietly)
to crab - to move sideways
to skunk - to thoroughly defeat someone in a game
to goose - to poke a person between the buttocks (to startle)
to buffalo - to intimidate | to puzzle, confuse
to bull - to force or shove one's way around
to sponge - to live at the expense of others
to fish - to search carefully | to seek to obtain something (like a compliment)
to worm = to snake
to worm - to obtain by persistent effort, to escape by persistent effort
to hawk - to peddle (sell goods) | to raise phlegm from the throat
to skate - to loaf around
to clam up - to refuse to talk, to refrain from talking
to squirrel away - to hide or store something
to badger - to pester, harass
to cat - to vomit (BrE)
to beaver - to work diligently and energetically (BrE)

There are probably many more.

Do insects count?
to fly
to grub (up) - to rummage (especially by digging) | to grub up something to eat
to drone - to speak or proceed in a monotonous manner
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Uffffffffffff, Rusty you really did your homework. Thank you everybody. Have a haapy Easter.
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I didn't understand anything.
What duck means Pato.?
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I didn't understand anything.
What duck means Pato.?


Yes, it means pato also.
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to gander = to gaze
to bug = to bother
to hound = to persistantly question or search
to skunk = to overwhelingly win
to slothe = to laze around
to hawk = to agressively sell
to bitch = to complain obnoxiously
to cow = to intimidate
to outfox = to outsmart
to louse (up)= to mess up

There's more, and those are just the verbs.

PS: to grouse= to complain
to whale = to loudly cry
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