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Definition rabbit

Etymology 1

From Middle English rabet, from Middle French dialect (now found in French dialect as rabbotte, rabouillet (“baby rabbit”) and in French rabot (“plane”)), coming via Walloon Old French (reflected nowadays as Walloon robète (“rabbit”)) from Middle Dutch robbe (“rabbit; seal”). This word is akin to Middle Low German robbe, rubbe (“rabbit”), and the later Low German Rubbe (“seal”), West Frisian robbe (“seal”), Saterland Frisian robbe (“seal”), North Frisian rob (“seal”), borrowed into German Robbe (“seal”), but is of uncertain motivation; some imitative verb, maybe robben, rubben (“to rub”) is used here to allude to a characteristic of the animal.

Noun

rabbit (plural rabbits)

1. A mammal of the family Leporidae, with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail.
2. The fur of a rabbit typically used to imitate another animal's fur.
3. 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.
4. (cricket) A very poor batsman; selected as a bowler or wicket-keeper.
5. (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.

Verb

rabbit (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.

Etymology 2

From Cockney rhyming slang rabbit and pork, to talk.

Verb

rabbit (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.

Etymology 3

Perhaps a corruption of rabate.

Verb

rabbit

1. confound; damn; drat

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