a guinea pig



a guinea pig

if someone is used as a guinea pig, new ideas or products are tested on them They're looking for volunteers to act as guinea pigs for a new AIDS vaccine.
See also: guinea, pig

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Keti-Georgian
CairbreKAHR-braIrish, Scottish
Sieghild-German
Makennamə-KEN-əEnglish (Modern)
Valentine['væləntain]
Nikhil-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Odia, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil