Reemy
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English language is interesting in every way, I was thinking of the animal names that can be used as verbs giving meanings other than hunting that kind of animal. I made roughly this list consulting a dictionary, if you can think of other animal names to work as verbs with different meaning; you are welcome to add.
Wolf something down= to eat food very quickly= gobble
Dog: (of problem or bad luck) to cause you trouble for a long time. E.g. He had been dogged by bad health all his life.
Bear: to be able to accept and deal with something unpleasant.
Fox: to be too difficult for somebody to understand or solve; to trick or confuse somebody, the last question foxed even the experts.
Crow: to make repeated loud high sounds, especially early in the morning, to talk too proudly about something you have achieved=boast
Hawk: to try to sell things by going form place to place asking people to buy them= peddle.
Snake: to move like a snake.
Fish for something = to try to get something or find out something, to try to catch something using your hands.
Duck: To move your head or body downwards to avoid being hit or seen.
Rabbit on: to talk continuously about somebody or something that is not important or interesting.
Ape: to copy the way somebody else behaves or talks in order to make fun of them.
So, as thedaffodils suggested I put the updated list here:
1 Ape
2 badger
3 bat
4 Bear
5 beetle:
6 bug:
7 chicken out
8 cocoon:
9 cow
10 crab
11 crane
12 cricket:
13 Crow
14 Dog
15 Duck
16 eagle:
17 ferret:
18 Fish
19 fly:
20 Fox
21 frysmall fish)
22 gander
23 goosestep:
24 grouse
25 gull
26 hare
27 Hawk
28 henpeck
29 herd:
30 Hog
31 horse around
32 hound:
33 kite:
34 lark about:
35 leapfrog: (though leapfrog is not an animal, but is relevant to frog)
36 leech
37 louse up
38 man:
39 monkey:
40 parrrot
41 peacock
42 pig out
43 pigeonhole
44 Pony:
45 quail
46 Rabbit on
47 ram:
48 rat
49 roach:
50 rook
51 scalea kind of insect)
52 seal:
53 shark
54 skate
55 skunk
56 sleuth
57 snail:
58 Snake
59 Snipe
60 sponge
61 Squirrel
62 swallow
63 swan
64 toady:
65 turtle:
66 weasel out
67 whale
68 Wolf
69 yak
To be updated as soon as new entries added
Wolf something down= to eat food very quickly= gobble
Dog: (of problem or bad luck) to cause you trouble for a long time. E.g. He had been dogged by bad health all his life.
Bear: to be able to accept and deal with something unpleasant.
Fox: to be too difficult for somebody to understand or solve; to trick or confuse somebody, the last question foxed even the experts.
Crow: to make repeated loud high sounds, especially early in the morning, to talk too proudly about something you have achieved=boast
Hawk: to try to sell things by going form place to place asking people to buy them= peddle.
Snake: to move like a snake.
Fish for something = to try to get something or find out something, to try to catch something using your hands.
Duck: To move your head or body downwards to avoid being hit or seen.
Rabbit on: to talk continuously about somebody or something that is not important or interesting.
Ape: to copy the way somebody else behaves or talks in order to make fun of them.
So, as thedaffodils suggested I put the updated list here:
1 Ape
2 badger
3 bat
4 Bear
5 beetle:
6 bug:
7 chicken out
8 cocoon:
9 cow
10 crab
11 crane
12 cricket:
13 Crow
14 Dog
15 Duck
16 eagle:
17 ferret:
18 Fish
19 fly:
20 Fox
21 frysmall fish)
22 gander
23 goosestep:
24 grouse
25 gull
26 hare
27 Hawk
28 henpeck
29 herd:
30 Hog
31 horse around
32 hound:
33 kite:
34 lark about:
35 leapfrog: (though leapfrog is not an animal, but is relevant to frog)
36 leech
37 louse up
38 man:
39 monkey:
40 parrrot
41 peacock
42 pig out
43 pigeonhole
44 Pony:
45 quail
46 Rabbit on
47 ram:
48 rat
49 roach:
50 rook
51 scalea kind of insect)
52 seal:
53 shark
54 skate
55 skunk
56 sleuth
57 snail:
58 Snake
59 Snipe
60 sponge
61 Squirrel
62 swallow
63 swan
64 toady:
65 turtle:
66 weasel out
67 whale
68 Wolf
69 yak
To be updated as soon as new entries added
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