prairie-dogging

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noun

informal (in an open-plan office) the practice of looking over the top of one's partition in order to discover the source of or reason for a commotion

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Word Origin for prairie-dogging

C20: after the actions of a prairie dog, which stands on its hind legs to get a better view of something

Words nearby prairie-dogging

prairie chicken, prairie clover, prairie crab apple, prairie crocus, prairie dog, prairie-dogging, prairie falcon, prairie fowl, prairie lily, prairie owl, prairie oyster

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How to use prairie-dogging in a sentence

He stands, one assumes on a porch, which overlooks a prairie.
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One year later and 10 blocks away, my mother came into the world, the granddaughter of those pioneers who had roamed the prairie.
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There, abandoned “ghost towns” populate the prairie fields and deserts, serving as a reminder of a not-so-distant past.
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And whatever his sins, no one has ever accused Rodriguez of dogging it on the baseball field.
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Harvey now lives in the central prairie province of Saskatchewan, Canadian news reports say, along with her husband and son.
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This, thought I, is a dismal-looking outcome—two men and a dead horse left high and dry on the sun-flooded prairie.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
Not while I had the open prairie underfoot and the summer sky above, and hands to strike a blow or pull a trigger.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
"We'll be blamed lucky if we don't run into a prairie-fire before mornin'," Piegan grumbled.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
One company also has irrigation works, and ready-made farms for settlers in the prairie provinces.
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The sergeant went out, and when the beat of hoofs sank into the silence of the prairie, Winston called Courthorne in.
Winston of the Prairie|Harold Bindloss