prairie-dogging

noun

1. 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of prairie-dogging¹

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

Example Sentences

I am, as the kids say, “prairie-dogging it.”

From New York Times