Rabbit (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun, plural rab·bits, (especially collectively) rab·bit for 1-3.
  1. any of several soft-furred, large-eared, rodentlike burrowing mammals of the family Leporidae, allied with the hares and pikas in the order Lagomorpha, having a divided upper lip and long hind legs, usually smaller than the hares and mainly distinguished from them by bearing blind and furless young in nests rather than fully developed young in the open.
  2. any of various small hares.
  3. the fur of a rabbit or hare, often processed to imitate another fur.
  4. Welsh rabbit.
  5. a runner in a distance race whose goal is chiefly to set a fast pace, either to exhaust a particular rival so that a teammate can win or to help another entrant break a record; pacesetter.
  6. a person who is poor at sports, especially golf, tennis, or cricket.
Idioms
  1. to find or obtain a sudden solution to a problem: Unless somebody pulls a rabbit out of the hat by next week, we'll be bankrupt.
noun plural -bits or -bit
  1. any of various common gregarious burrowing leporid mammals, esp Oryctolagus cuniculus of Europe and North Africa and the cottontail of America. They are closely related and similar to hares but are smaller and have shorter ears
  2. the fur of such an animal
  3. a novice or poor performer at a game or sport
verb
  1. to hunt or shoot rabbits
  2. to talk inconsequentially; chatter
Rabbit (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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