rabbit
A mammal of most genera of the family Leporidae, with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail. (Those of the larger kind are instead called hares)
Noun 4 meanings
A mammal of most genera of the family Leporidae, with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail. (Those of the larger kind are instead called hares)
“The pioneers survived by eating the small game they could get: rabbits, squirrels and occasionally a raccoon.”
The meat from this animal.
“She was cooking rabbit stew for dinner.”
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.
Verb 4 meanings
To hunt rabbits.
To flee.
“The informant seemed skittish, as if he was about to rabbit.”
To talk incessantly and in a childish manner; to babble annoyingly.
“Stop your infernal rabbiting! Use proper words or nobody will listen to you!”
Confound; damn; drat.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English rabet, rabette, from Anglo-Latin rabettus, from dialectal Old French rabotte, probably a diminutive of Middle Dutch or West Flemish robbe (“rabbit, seal”), of uncertain origin; possibly some imitative verb, maybe robben, rubben (“to rub”) is used here to allude to a characteristic of the animal.
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RABBIT at a glance
RABBIT has 6 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (R 1 + A 1 + B 3 + B 3 + I 1 + T 1) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,507 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with rabbit
All rhymesOne letter away
- RABBIS10
- WABBIT13
- RIBBIT10
- RABBET10
- RUBBIT10
- RABBIN10
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