squirrel cage

noun

1

: a cage for a small animal (such as a squirrel) that contains a rotatable cylinder for exercising

2

: something resembling the working of a squirrel cage in repetitiveness or endlessness

Examples of squirrel cage in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Young Eastern grey squirrels alone currently make up 144 of the wildlife center population, causing the need to build another three squirrel cages. — Anna Ortiz, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026

Creative power can be dammed up or forestalled by everyday life, ordinary life, life in the squirrel cage. — Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 4 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1821, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for squirrel cage

• disengage
• interstage
• macrophage
• multistage
• age
• gauge
• phage
• plage
• rage
• stage
• wage
• alienage