Rabbitnoun
A mammal of the family Leporidae, 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.’;
Wabbitadjective
(Scotland) Exhausted, tired.
Rabbitnoun
The fur of a rabbit typically used to imitate another animal's fur.
Wabbitnoun
A rabbit.
Rabbitnoun
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.
Wabbitnoun
(computing) A self-replicating computer process that (unlike a virus or worm) does not infect host programs or documents and remains on the local computer rather than spreading across networks of computers.
‘fork bomb’;
Rabbitnoun
(cricket) A very poor batsman; selected as a bowler or wicket-keeper.
Rabbitnoun
(comptheory) A large element at the beginning of a list of items to be bubble sorted, and thus tending to be quickly swapped into its correct position. Compare turtle.
Rabbitverb
(intransitive) To hunt rabbits.
Rabbitverb
To flee.
‘''The informant seemed skittish, as if he was about to rabbit.’;
Rabbitverb
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"’;
Rabbitnoun
Any of the smaller species of the genus Lepus, especially the common European species (Lepus cuniculus), which is often kept as a pet, and has been introduced into many countries. It is remarkably prolific, and has become a pest in some parts of Australia and New Zealand.
Rabbitnoun
any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food
Rabbitnoun
the fur of a rabbit
Rabbitnoun
flesh of any of various rabbits or hares (wild or domesticated) eaten as food
Rabbitverb
hunt rabbits