guinea pig



guinea pig

Someone or something used as the subject of an experiment. Jane used her husband as a guinea pig to try her new baked chicken recipe. Craig earned a little extra money by signing up to be a guinea pig in some local clinical studies.
See also: guinea, pig

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
GreteGRE-tə (German)German, Danish, Norwegian
Unathi-Southern African, Xhosa
Vitalyvee-TAH-lee (Russian)Russian, Ukrainian
MertonMUR-tənEnglish
Mihail-Romanian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Greek
Lalitha-Tamil, Indian, Malayalam, Telugu