rabbit
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
- (UK, US) enPR: răb'it, IPA: /ˈræbɪt/, SAMPA: /"r{bIt/
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Audio ('a rabbit') (UK) (file) -
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -æbɪt
- (Australia) enPR: răb'ət, IPA: /ˈræbət/, SAMPA: /"r{b@t/
- Homophones: rabbet
[edit] Etymology 1
From Middle English rabet, from Middle French dialect (compare French dialect rabbotte, rabouillet (“baby rabbit”)), from Walloon robète, diminutive of Middle Dutch robbe (“rabbit; seal”) (compare Flemish robbe (“rabbit”), Dutch rob (“seal”)), from Middle Low German robbe (“seal”) (compare Low German dialect Rubb, Robb), from rubben (“ro rub”). More at rub.
[edit] Noun
rabbit (plural rabbits)
- Several small mammals of the family Leporidae (rabbits and hares), with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail.
- The pioneers survived by eating the small game they could get; rabbits, squirrels and occasionally a raccoon.
- The fur of a rabbit typically used to imitate another animal's fur.
- A runner in a distance race whose goal is mainly to set the pace, either to tire a specific rival so that a teammate can win or to help another break a record; a pacesetter.
- (cricket) A very poor batsman; selected as a bowler or wicket-keeper.
[edit] Synonyms
(animal):
- bunny (hypocoristic, colloquial, pet name)
- bunny rabbit (hypocoristic, colloquial, pet name)
- coney, cony (dialect)
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Terms derived from the noun "rabbit"
[edit] Translations
mammal
fur
poor batsman
[edit] Verb
rabbit (third-person singular simple present rabbits, present participle rabbitting or rabbiting, simple past and past participle rabbitted or rabbited)
- (intransitive) To hunt rabbits.
- (US, intransitive) to flee.
- The informant seemed skittish, as if he was about to rabbit.
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[edit] Translations
to hunt rabbits
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[edit] Etymology 2
From Cockney rhyming slang rabbit and pork, to talk.
[edit] Verb
rabbit (third-person singular simple present rabbits, present participle rabbiting, simple past and past participle rabbited)
- (UK, intransitive) to talk incessantly and in a childish manner; to babble annoyingly.
- Stop your infernal rabbiting! Use proper words or nobody will listen to you!
- Commonly used in the form "to rabbit on"
[edit] Synonyms
- (to talk incessantly and childishly): babble, blather, prattle, Wikisaurus:chatter, Wikisaurus:talk
[edit] Translations
to talk incessantly and childishly
