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‘roo [roo] ExamplesWord Origin noun, plural ‘roos. Australian Informal.
Origin of ‘roo by shortening Examples from the Web for roo Contemporary Examples of roo
Fresh after Camilla and the cuddly Roo in a blanket, here’s Chaz and the acrobatic sheep.
Photo-Special! Charles and the Leaping Sheep
Tom Sykes
November 8, 2012
And From the Department of British Tabloids This is it for England, “Roo or Die,” as the News of the World put it.
Joshua Robinson
June 12, 2010
Historical Examples of roo
The “Roo chawa” describes three kinds of strange wer-animals.
Frank Hamel
Rudha ‘n Fhomhair, or Fhamhair (roo noher), The point of the giant.
Gairloch In North-West Ross-Shire
John H. Dixon, F.S.A. Scot
Rudha na Cloiche uaine (roo na clor-choo-ownyer), Greenstone point.
Gairloch In North-West Ross-Shire
John H. Dixon, F.S.A. Scot
Rudha mhadaidh ruaidh (roo vatter roo-ie), Fox point, or point of the red dog.
Gairloch In North-West Ross-Shire
John H. Dixon, F.S.A. Scot
British Dictionary definitions for roo roo noun
- Australian informal a kangaroo
Word Origin and History for roo n.
Australian colloquial shortening of kangaroo, attested from 1904.