Image:Sylvilagus floridanus 14136.JPG|thumb|A rabbit (sense 1).
English
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wikipedia|Leporidae
Pronunciation
w:AHD|AHD: (UK, US) r�b'it, (Australia) r�b'�t
w:IPA|IPA: (UK, US) /�ræbɪt/, (Australia) /�ræb�t/
w:SAMPA|SAMPA: (UK, US) /"r{bIt/, (Australia) /"r{b@t/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-æbɪt|-æbɪt
Homophones: rabbet
Etymology 1
From Northern French.
Noun
en-noun
- Several small mammals of the family Leporidae (rabbits and hares), with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail. Confusingly, jackrabbit is a hare.
#:The pioneers survived by eating the small game they could get; rabbits, squirrels and occasionally a raccoon.
- 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.
- cricket A very poor batsman; selected as a bowler or wicket-keeper.
Synonyms
bunny (hypocoristic)
Related terms
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jackrabbit
kill the rabbit
mid2
pull a rabbit out of the hat
rabbity
Welsh rabbit
Translations
trans-top|mammal
Albanian: lepur i gropave
Arabic: ARchar|ار�ب|أر���ب (�árnab) m
Basque: untxi
Belarusian: �����н�/�����не f, ���� m
Bengali: BNchar|�র��াশ
Bosnian: zec#Bosnian|zec m, kuni�#Bosnian|kuni� m
Breton: lapin, konikl
Bulgarian: заек (zaek) :bg:заек|(bg) m
Catalan: conill
Cherokee: ��� (tsisdu)
Chinese: å��å� (tùzi), ç�½å�� (bótù)
Croatian: t-|hr|kuni�|m
Czech: t-|cs|králÃk
Danish: t+|da|kanin|c
Dutch: t+|nl|konijn|n
Esperanto: t-|eo|kuniklo|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: küülik
Ewe: f�mizi
Faroese: t-|fo|kanin|xs=Faroese
Finnish: t+|fi|kaniini, t+|fi|kani
French: t+|fr|lapin|m
Frisian: knyn
Friulian: cunin
Galician: coello
German: t+|de|Kaninchen|n
Greek: t+|el|κοÏ�νÎλι|n|trkuneli|scGrek
Gujarati: સસલ�� (saslu.n)
Hebrew: ×�×¨× ×� (arnav) m
Hindi: �़र��श (<u>kh</u>argoš) m, �़र��शन� (<u>kh</u>argošanī) f
Hungarian: t+|hu|nyúl
Icelandic: t+|is|kanÃna
Indonesian: t+|id|kelinci|xs=Indonesian
Interlingua: conilio
Irish: coinÃn
Italian: t+|it|coniglio|m
Japanese: � (���, ���, usagi)
Judeo-Spanish: konejo
Korean: í� ë�¼ (tokki)
Kurdish:
trans-mid
Ladin: conicio
Latin: t-|la|cuniculus|m
Latvian: trusis
Lithuanian: triušis
Lower Sorbian: karnikel
Macedonian: пи�ом заjак (pitom zajak) m
Malay: t+|ms|arnab|xs=Malay
Maltese: t-|mt|fenek|m|xs=Maltese
Nahuatl: tochtli
Norwegian: t+|no|kanin|m
Occitan: conilh m, lapin m
Persian: FAchar|خرگ�ش#Persian|خرگ�ش (<u>kh</u>ærguš)
Polish: królik m
Portuguese: t+|pt|coelho|m
Romanian: iepure, iepure de vizuin�
Romansh: cunigl
Romany: shoshoy(m.) shoshni f
Russian: кÑ�олик (królik) m, кÑ�олÑ�Ñ�иÑ�а (krolâ��Ä�Ãxa) f
Sami: kaniidna
Sardinian: cunillu, cacciappu
Scottish Gaelic: coineanach m
Serbian:
Slovak: králik m
Slovene: t+|sl|kunec|m
Somali: bakayle
Spanish: t+|es|conejo|m
Swahili: t-|sw|sungura|xs=Swahili
Swedish: t+|sv|kanin|c
Tagalog: kuneho
Telugu: ���ద�ల� (kumdealu)
Turkish: t+|tr|tav�an
Tzotzil: t'ul
Tz'utujil: umul
Ukrainian: к��л� (kril') m, к�олик (krolik) m
Upper Sorbian: nukl
Urdu: URchar|خرگ�ش#Urdu|خرگ�ش (<u>kh</u>argoš) m
Volapük: krolig
Welsh: cwningen
trans-bottom
trans-top|fur
Finnish: kaniturkis, kani
trans-bottom
trans-top|pacesetter
Finnish: t+|fi|jänis
trans-bottom
trans-top|poor batsman
trans-bottom
Verb
en-verb|rabbits|rabbitting|rabbitted
- intransitive To hunt rabbits.
Translations
trans-top|to hunt rabbits
Finnish: olla kanijahti|kanijahdissa
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See also
top2
buck
cottontail
doe
hare
mid2
kitten
warren
w:rabbit|Wikipedia article on the rabbit
Etymology 2
From Cockney rhyming slang rabbit and pork, to talk.
Verb
en-verb|rabbits|rabbitting|rabbitted
- context|UK|intransitive to talk incessantly and in a childish manner; to babble annoyingly.
#: Stop your infernal rabbiting! Use proper words or nobody will listen to you!
Synonyms
italbrac|to talk incessantly and childishly: babble, blather, prattle
Translations
trans-top|to talk incessantly and childishly
Finnish: pälättää, pälpättää
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See also
chew the fat
chew the cud UK
shoot the breeze US
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