Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kangaroo code

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.49 in modern English

Syllables: kan-ga-roo -code
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Poorly structured program code consisting of many jumps.

Slang; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Sometimes, especially when working on large projects or with multiple programmers, it can become hard to avoid kangaroo code, that is, code that jumps from function to function and even jumps around within the same class."

Usage

Questions

What does kangaroo code mean?: Poorly structured program code consisting of many jumps.

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