Rabbit

/ˈɹæbɪt/ · noun

Meaning

A mammal of most genera of the family Leporidae, with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail..

Definitions by Sense

1. A mammal of most genera of the family Leporidae, with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail.
2. (uncountable) The meat from this animal.
3. (uncountable) The fur of a rabbit typically used to imitate another animal's fur.
4. 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.
5. (cricket) A very poor batsman, selected as a bowler or wicket-keeper.
6. (cricket) A batsman who is frequently dismissed by the same bowler (said to be that player's rabbit).
7. (computing theory) 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.
8. Rarebit; Welsh rabbit or a similar dish: melted cheese served atop toast.

Example Sentences

The pioneers survived by eating the small game they could get: rabbits, squirrels and occasionally a raccoon.

Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.

She was cooking rabbit stew for dinner.

Glenn McGrath dismissed Michael Atherton a record 19 times; hence Atherton is McGrath's rabbit.

The cheese mixture may be served with toast on the side or poured on top of toast and grilled until golden brown and bubbling. Other variations include Buck rabbit, a Welsh rabbit with a poached egg on top, and Yorkshire rabbit with bacon ...

CHEESE TOASTED, OR RABBIT.

Hannah Glasse offered recipes for Scotch, Welsh, and English rabbit. This is her Scotch rabbit: Toast a piece of bread very nicely […] Cut a slice of cheese, […]

This rabbit is constructed such that only that fraction of the beam that passes through the 15g-in. diameter target container reaches the Faraday cup behind the rabbit.

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Word Forms

• rabbits
• rabbiting
• rabbitting
• rabbited
• rabbitted

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