kang
n. countable C2 Proficiency US //ˈkæŋ// kang
n. a short, informal word for a kangaroo. You hear it mostly in Australia.
n. a colloquial shortening of 'kangaroo', used primarily in Australian English.
A kang hopped across the road.
Tourists often feed the kang at the local park near the river.
The term kang is a classic example of Australian apocope, where longer words are truncated for casual speech.