EGAVE

rabbit

About 8.34 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A mammal of most genera of the family Leporidae, with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail. (Those of the larger kind are instead called hares)
    The pioneers survived by eating the small game they could get: rabbits, squirrels and occasionally a raccoon.
  2. noun The meat from this animal.
    She was cooking rabbit stew for dinner.
  3. noun The fur of a rabbit typically used to imitate another animal's fur.
  4. noun 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. noun A very poor batsman, selected as a bowler or wicket-keeper.
  6. noun A batsman who is frequently dismissed by the same bowler (said to be that player's rabbit).
    Glenn McGrath dismissed Michael Atherton a record 19 times; hence Atherton is McGrath's rabbit.
  7. noun 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. noun Rarebit; Welsh rabbit or a similar dish: melted cheese served atop toast.

Similar words

cony hare lapin coney cottontail jackrabbit bunny doe monkey hound

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Word family

rabbited rabbiter rabbiters rabbiting rabbits rabbity

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