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   rabbit

   /ˈrabɪt/

   noun

   • 1. a gregarious burrowing plant-eating mammal, with long ears, long hind legs, and a short tail.
   • ▪ the flesh of the rabbit as food: "chunks of rabbit and chicken"
   • ▪ the fur of the rabbit.
   • ▪ a hare.
   • ▪ a poor performer in a sport or game, in particular (in cricket) a poor batter: informal "he was a total rabbit with the bat"
   • ▪ a runner who acts as pacesetter in the first laps of a race. US
   • 2. a conversation: informal British "we had quite a heated rabbit about it"

   verb

   • 1. hunt rabbits: "locate the area where you can go rabbiting"
   • 2. talk at length, especially about trivial matters: informal British "stop rabbiting on, will you, and go to bed!"
   • 3. move quickly; run away: informal "he rabbited as soon as he saw us coming"

   Word Origin late Middle English: apparently from Old French (compare with French dialect rabotte ‘young rabbit’), perhaps of Dutch origin (compare with Flemish robbe).

   Derivatives

   • 1. rabbity adjective

   Scrabble Points: 10

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