"groundhog" meaning in English

See groundhog in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈɡɹaʊndhɒɡ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɡɹaʊn(d)ˌ(h)ɔɡ/ [General-American], /-ˌ(h)ɑɡ/ [General-American, cot-caught-merger] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-groundhog.wav Forms: groundhogs [plural], ground-hog [alternative], ground hog [alternative]
Etymology: From ground + hog. Etymology templates: {{com|en|ground|hog}} ground + hog Head templates: {{en-noun}} groundhog (plural groundhogs)
  1. A red-brown marmot, Marmota monax, native to North America. Synonyms: whistle-pig, woodchuck
    Sense id: en-groundhog-en-noun-4av~09hW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, African insectivores, Squirrels Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 1 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 94 1 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 1 4 Disambiguation of African insectivores: 95 2 3 Disambiguation of Squirrels: 62 10 28
  2. (rare) The aardvark. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-groundhog-en-noun-aMw4PKyZ
  3. (uncommon) Synonym of groundlubber Tags: uncommon Synonyms: groundlubber [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-groundhog-en-noun-vfi4TRnF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Groundhog Day, groundhogese, Groundhog Lodge, groundhog punch, Groundhog's Day

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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        "borrowed"
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      "tags": [
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    },
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        "calque",
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  "etymology_text": "From ground + hog.",
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ground-hog",
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    },
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        "hog"
      ]
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          "_dis": "94 1 4",
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        "A red-brown marmot, Marmota monax, native to North America."
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        {
          "word": "whistle-pig"
        },
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          "word": "woodchuck"
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        "(rare) The aardvark."
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        "(uncommon) Synonym of groundlubber"
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      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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        "General-American",
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    },
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    },
    {
      "word": "Groundhog Lodge"
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      "word": "groundhog punch"
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    },
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      "form": "ground-hog",
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        "ground",
        "hog"
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)"
      ],
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        "A red-brown marmot, Marmota monax, native to North America."
      ],
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          "marmot"
        ],
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          "North America",
          "North America"
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        {
          "word": "whistle-pig"
        },
        {
          "word": "woodchuck"
        }
      ]
    },
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      ],
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        "The aardvark."
      ],
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      ],
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        "(rare) The aardvark."
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    },
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      ],
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      ],
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      ],
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        "(uncommon) Synonym of groundlubber"
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      "ipa": "/ˈɡɹaʊndhɒɡ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈɡɹaʊn(d)ˌ(h)ɔɡ/",
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        "General-American"
      ]
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    }
  ],
  "word": "groundhog"
}

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