Definition of "rabbit"

rabbit¹

/ˈɹæbɪt/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural rabbits
1. A mammal of the family Leporidae, with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail.
  Quotations
  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.
  1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], “The Old Punt: A Curious ‘Turnpike’”, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], pages 19–20
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. (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.
7. Rarebit; Welsh rabbit or a similar dish: melted cheese served atop toast.
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  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 ...
  2018, Helen Saberi, Teatimes: A World Tour, Reaktion Books
  CHEESE TOASTED, OR RABBIT.
  1858, Mrs. N. K. M. Lee, The American Family Cook Book, page 47
  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, […]
  2019, Mark Kurlansky, Milk: A 10,000-Year History, Bloomsbury Publishing
8. A pneumatically-controlled tool used to insert small samples of material inside the core of a nuclear reactor.
  Quotations
  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.
  2012, Joseph Cerny, Nuclear Spectroscopy and Reactions 40-A (part 1, page 249)
verb
third-person singular simple present rabbits, present participle rabbitting or rabbiting, simple past and past participle rabbitted or rabbited
1. (intransitive) To hunt rabbits.
2. (US, intransitive) To flee.

rabbit²

/ˈɹæbɪt/

verb
third-person singular simple present rabbits, present participle rabbiting, simple past and past participle rabbited
1. (Britain, intransitive) To talk incessantly and in a childish manner; to babble annoyingly.
  Quotations
  To Barker, a row is a Bull-an'-a-Cow, a suit is a Whistle or Whistle-an'-flute, a kid is a Gord-Forbid ; a car is a Jam , or Jam-Jar ; talk is 'Rabbit , or Rabbit-an'-Pork ; beer is Pig's-Ear … and so on, up and down the language
  1941 They Die with their Boots On, Gerald Kersh, William Heinemann Ltd., London.

rabbit³

/ˈɹæbɪt/

verb
1. Confound; damn; drat.
  Quotations
  LORD D. There, Dick, d'ye hear how the tutorer talks? oh rabbit it! he can ladle you out of latin by the quart;—and grunts greek like a pig.
  1797, George Colman, The Heir at Law

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