Associations to the word «Groundhog»

Wiktionary

GROUNDHOG, noun. A red-brown marmot, Marmota monax, native to North America.
GROUNDHOG DAY, noun. An annual festival held in Canada and the USA on February 2 in which the arrival time of the spring season is predicted by whether or not a certain groundhog can see its shadow.
GROUNDHOG DAY, proper noun. (informal) A situation in which events appear to be repeating themselves in a cyclical fashion.

Dictionary definition

GROUNDHOG, noun. Reddish brown North American marmot.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King