kangaroo

B2 · Upper Intermediate Countable noun Dialect · American English

n. a warm jacket with a hood and one large pocket on the front.

n. a hooded sweatshirt or fleece jacket featuring a single large frontal pocket, often referred to as a kangaroo pocket.

“It was getting cold outside, so he pulled on his kangaroo and headed to the park.”

“In colder regions, the fleece kangaroo remains a staple of casual attire due to its practical front pocket and heat-retaining hood.”

C1 · Advanced Medicine Technical

v. to hold a small or premature baby against your bare skin to keep them warm and healthy.

v. to practice kangaroo care, a method of holding a premature infant in skin-to-skin contact with a parent to promote physiological stability.

“The nurse showed the new father how to kangaroo his tiny daughter in the hospital.”

“Medical staff encouraged the parents to kangaroo their newborn for several hours a day to improve the infant's heart rate and oxygen levels.”

C2 · Proficiency Finance Technical

adj. used to describe a stock market where prices jump up and down very quickly and unpredictably.

adj. describing a securities market characterized by rapid, erratic price fluctuations that lack a clear upward or downward trend.

“Investors were nervous because of the kangaroo market, where prices changed every hour.”

“The analyst warned that the current kangaroo market was frustrating both bulls and bears, as no consistent trend emerged from the daily volatility.”