groundhog
or ground hog
Origin of groundhog
1Words Nearby groundhog
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How to use groundhog in a sentence
Most are groundhogs, but other species have taken up the role as well.
Groundhogs Do Not Make Good Meteorologists | Simran Parwani (simran.parwani@abc.com) | February 1, 2022 | FiveThirtyEightThey are under the impression that hiding in a hole, like a groundhog, will save anyone from anything.
What We Learned About Navigating Schooling and COVID | Megan Wood | January 16, 2022 | Voice of San DiegoI have groundhogs who live under my deck, and I love those groundhogs—but I also love the foxes who want to catch them.
How “My Octopus Teacher” Defied Convention - Issue 99: Universality | Brandon Keim | April 14, 2021 | NautilusI want your best photos of squirrels, chipmunks and groundhogs.
From running in D.C.’s streets to soaring over them with his birds of prey | John Kelly | March 17, 2021 | Washington PostBut, if the groundhog does not see his shadow, spring is on its way.
Hints From Heloise: An easy way to check return on investment | Heloise Heloise | February 2, 2021 | Washington Post
Columbus Day felt a lot more like groundhog Day in Kentucky on Monday night.
Mitch McConnell-Alison Lundergan Grimes Debate Leaves Kentucky Hanging | Sam Youngman | October 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMore than a dozen years after the horrors of 9/11, we find ourselves in a groundhog Day-style nightmare.
Why We Shouldn't Be Scared of ISIS: Threat Inflation and Our Next Dumb War | Nick Gillespie | September 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“The groundhog came out today, laughed, and scratched ‘See Real Life’ in the dirt,” he says.
The Stacks: The Inimitable Albert Brooks Caught at the Dawn of His Movie Career | Paul Slansky | April 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTCaddy Shack, Stripes, Ghostbusters, groundhog Day and Analyze This affirm it.
How Harold Ramis Invented Baby Boom Comedy With ‘Animal House’ | P. J. O’Rourke | February 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHarold Ramis made a passel of great comedies, but he never made one better than groundhog Day.
Harold Ramis’s ‘Groundhog Day’ Is About as Perfect as a Movie Gets | Malcolm Jones | February 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTgroundhog looked up and caught Shorty's eye fixed unflinchingly on him.
Si Klegg, Book 2 (of 6) | John McElroyThe groundhog dance is one of those belonging to the great thanksgiving ceremony, Green-corn dance.
Myths of the Cherokee | James MooneyHe focused his own gaze upon the commissioner's eye as intently as he would have watched a groundhog hole in the hills.
The Red Debt | Everett MacDonaldSome observers have referred to it as a rat, but it climbs trees and grows to the size of a woodchuck, or groundhog.
Cuba, Old and New | Albert Gardner RobinsonOccasionally one is trapped, with bloody groundhog for bait; but I have yet to meet a man who has succeeded in shooting one.
Our Southern Highlanders | Horace Kephart
British Dictionary definitions for groundhog
/ (ˈɡraʊndˌhɒɡ) /
another name for woodchuck
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