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groundhog

ground·hog
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [ground-hog, -hawg]
    • /ˈgraʊndˌhɒg, -hɔg/
    • /ˈɡraʊnd.hɒɡ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ground-hog, -hawg]
    • /ˈgraʊndˌhɒg, -hɔg/

Definitions of groundhog word

  • noun groundhog woodchuck. 1
  • noun groundhog A red-brown marmot, Marmota monax, native to North America. 1
  • noun groundhog rodent: woodchuck 1
  • countable noun groundhog A groundhog is a type of small animal with reddish-brown fur that is found in North America. 0
  • noun groundhog woodchuck 0

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Origin of groundhog

First appearance:

before 1650
One of the 45% oldest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1650-60; ground1 + hog

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Groundhog

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

groundhog popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 48% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

groundhog usage trend in Literature

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