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vole
1[ vohl ]
noun
- any of several small mouselike or ratlike rodents of the genus Microtus and related genera, having short limbs and a short tail.
vole
2[ vohl ]
noun
- Cards. the winning by one player of all the tricks of a deal.
vole
1/ vəʊl /
noun
- any of numerous small rodents of the genus Microtus and related genera, mostly of Eurasia and North America and having a stocky body, short tail, and inconspicuous ears: family Cricetidae See also water vole
vole
2/ vəʊl /
noun
- (in some card games, such as écarté) the taking of all the tricks in a deal, thus scoring extra points
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Idioms and Phrases
- go the vole,
- to venture everything on the chance of great rewards.
- to try one after another, as a variety of occupations:
He went the vole and finally settled on watchmaking.
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Example Sentences
Sons grew up to become less likely to form bonds with mates, making another generation of single-parent vole families more likely.
With most diseases spread by rodents, the mouse or rat or vole is only an intermediary (a “host”) for fleas and lice and the like.
The vole found quite a shoal of fish collected near the reeds; and for a few moments he frolicked about the edge of the shallow.
More than half-way across the pool a large boulder stood out of the water, but the vole was heading towards the bank above.
Close beside the river's brink, as the shadows darkened, he found the fresh scent of a female vole.
By the middle of May, when another vole family of six had arrived, the number of vermin in the valley had perceptibly diminished.
It was mingled with the faint odour of a field-vole that, doubtless, had been pursued and carried away by its persistent enemy.
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