User:Benjamin Mako Hill/List of animals that are also verbs
With thanks to Laura Norris for the idea and the original list.
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Animal names that are also verbs[edit]
- Ape
- Badger
- Bat
- Bear
- Beaver
- Beetle
- Bird (looking at birds)
- Birdie (to hit a birdie in golf)
- Bitch
- Buck
- Buffalo
- Bulldog
- Bug
- Carp
- Cat
- Char
- Chicken
- Clam (Up)
- Cock
- Cod
- Cow
- Crab
- Crane
- Crow
- Dog
- Dorking
- Dove (past tense of dive)
- Drills
- Duck
- Eagle (to hit an eagle in golf)
- Fawn
- Ferret
- Fish
- Flicker
- Flounder
- Fly
- Fox
- Frog
- Gander
- Gar
- Goose
- Gopher
- Grouse
- Grub
- Gull
- Hare
- Hawk
- Hog
- Horse
- Hound
- Jack
- Jinx
- Kid
- Kipper (to cure; also adjective meaning amorous -- Kipper kipper kipper Kipper etc.)
- Lark
- Lion (ize)
- Loon
- Mole
- Monitor
- Monkey
- Mouse
- Mule
- Oyster
- Parrot
- Perch
- Pig (out)
- Pike
- Pony
- Porpoise
- Pup
- Quail
- Rabbit
- Ram
- Rat
- Raven
- Ray
- Right whales (e.g., "Right whales right whales. Right, whales?")
- Roach (To cause to arch/To cut off, as a horse's mane, so that the part left shall stand upright)
- Sable (to drape darkly or in black)
- Scale (a type of insect)
- Seal
- Scallop
- Shag
- Shark
- Shrew
- Shrimp (process of catching shrimp)
- Skate
- Skunk
- Sloth
- Slug
- Snake
- Sow
- Sponge
- Squirrel
- Stag (watch, dog)
- Steer
- Stork (to make pregnant)
- Stud
- Swallow (eat using your mouth)
- Swan
- Tern
- Tick
- Tiger
- Tit
- Tomcat
- Turtle
- Vulture (verb suspect)
- Weasel
- Whale (to hit, or to hunt for whales)
- Winkle
- Wolf
- Worm
- Yak
Animal/verb homophones[edit]
- Bee
- Boar
- Flea
- Fowl
- Hart
- Leech
- Lichen
- Mite
- Mussel
- Nit
- Plaice
- Roe
- Tern
- Whale
Whitespace significant differences[edit]
- Blackbird (black bird)
- Bluebottle (blue bottles)
- Dodo (do do)
- Goat (go at; e.g., "Goats goats go at go at goats goats go at.")
- Hammerhead (hammer head)
- Hedgehog (Hedgehogs hog hedges)
- Groundhog (Groundhogs ground hogs)
- Killdeer (kill deer)
- Killfish (kill fish)
- Lapwing (lap wing)
- Lions (lie on; e.g., "Lions lie on lions.")
- Openbill (open bill)
- Partridge (part ridges)
- Puffins (puff in; e.g., "Do puffins puff in or puff out?")
- Reindeer (rein deer)
- Sailfish (sail fish)
- Sawfish (saw fish)
- Scrub-jay (scrub jay)
- Shield-duck (shield duck)
- Tapeworm (tape worm)
- Tilefish (tile fish)
- Turnstone (turn stone)
- Warthogs hog warts
Otherwise suspect[edit]
- Adder (add)
- Bait
- Curlew (curl you?)
- Dragon (i.e., drag on)
- Gorilla (grill a)
- Leather
- Man
- Pigeon (One can pigeon hole but can one pigeon?")
- Pork
- Robin (past tense of 'rob', or gerund form of same verb)
- Llama (English noun, Spanish verb)