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Rabbit

Noun

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1.NounA 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.NounThe meat from this animal.
"She was cooking rabbit stew for dinner."
3.NounThe fur of a rabbit typically used to imitate another animal's fur.
4.NounA 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.NounA very poor batsman, selected as a bowler or wicket-keeper.
6.NounA 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.NounA 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.NounRarebit; Welsh rabbit or a similar dish: melted cheese served atop toast.
9.NounA pneumatically-controlled tool used to insert small samples of material inside the core of a nuclear reactor.
10.NounA vibrator with a shaft and a clitoral stimulator usually shaped like a rabbit's ears.
11.VerbTo hunt rabbits.
12.VerbTo flee.
"The informant seemed skittish, as if he was about to rabbit.; When the three friends heard someone behind them yell, "police, freeze!" they each rabbited in a different direction."
13.VerbTo talk incessantly and in a childish manner; to babble annoyingly.
"Stop your infernal rabbiting! Use proper words or nobody will listen to you!"
14.VerbConfound; damn; drat.
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