Dictionary
rabbit
Meaning
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- A mammal of the family Leporidae, with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail.
- The meat from this animal.
- 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.
- A very poor batsman; selected as a bowler or wicket-keeper.
- 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.
- Rarebit; Welsh rabbit or a similar dish: melted cheese served atop toast.
- A pneumatically-controlled tool used to insert small samples of material inside the core of a nuclear reactor.
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɹæbɪt/
Cognate with French
rabot
Cognate with Dutch
rob
Cognate with Western Frisian
robbe
Cognate with German
Robbe
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