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Duck


ROBINDESBOIS March 27, 2010 06:28 PM

Duck
 
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...

bobjenkins March 27, 2010 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by ROBINDESBOIS (Post 77835)
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

Lo que puedo pensar ahora :)

ROBINDESBOIS March 27, 2010 06:39 PM

GRACIAS SI TE SURGEN MÁS estás invitado a seguir completando este hilo. Que pases buena S.S

Jessica March 27, 2010 07:13 PM

isn't there 'to horse around'? I think that means the same as monkey around...I don't know if there is -_-

bobjenkins March 27, 2010 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Jessica (Post 77845)
isn't there 'to horse around'? I think that means the same as monkey around...I don't know if there is -_-

Sí es así
:)


To fly

Rusty March 27, 2010 08:09 PM

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

ROBINDESBOIS March 28, 2010 02:59 AM

Uffffffffffff, Rusty you really did your homework. Thank you everybody. Have a haapy Easter.

CrOtALiTo March 29, 2010 02:54 PM

I didn't understand anything.
What duck means Pato.?

Elaina March 29, 2010 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo (Post 78034)
I didn't understand anything.
What duck means Pato.?

:lol::lol:

Yes, it means pato also.

poli March 29, 2010 06:19 PM

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

bobjenkins March 29, 2010 07:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by poli (Post 78041)
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

Pienso que es to wail:thinking:

Jessica March 29, 2010 08:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rusty (Post 77849)
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


wow some I didn't even know of, like "to cat"


also I think to bear is like to tolerate...

CrOtALiTo March 30, 2010 10:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elaina (Post 78035)
:lol::lol:

Yes, it means pato also.

Yes I didn't know it.

I guess:blackeye:

xchic April 01, 2010 11:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bobjenkins (Post 78043)
Pienso que es to wail:thinking:


yes:thumbsup:
Quote:

Originally Posted by Jessica (Post 78052)
wow some I didn't even know of, like "to cat"


also I think to bear is like to tolerate...


Also financially speaking a bear market

or a bull market

I can never remember which is which though:thinking:

poli April 01, 2010 02:28 PM

Bull is good (at least where $ is concerned)
http://www.mspmentor.net/wp-content/...treet-bull.jpg


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