Rabbit
['ræbɪt]
Definition
(noun.) any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food.
(noun.) flesh of any of various rabbits or hares (wild or domesticated) eaten as food.
(verb.) hunt rabbits.
Inputed by Eunice--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Any of the smaller species of the genus Lepus, especially the common European species (Lepus cuniculus), which is often kept as a pet, and has been introduced into many countries. It is remarkably prolific, and has become a pest in some parts of Australia and New Zealand.
Editor: Mary
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Cony (Lepus cuniculus).
Typed by Borg
Definition
v.t. an interjectional expression like confound.
n. a small rodent burrowing animal of the hare family: a cony: any member of the hare family.—v.i. to hunt rabbits.—ns. Rabb′it-brush a North American composite plant; Rabb′it-ear a long slender oyster; Rabb′iter one who hunts rabbits; Rabb′it-fish the 'king of the herrings;' Rabb′it-hutch a box for the rearing of rabbits; Rabb′it-moth a moth in United States of a furry appearance; Rabb′it-mouth harelip; Rabb′it-root the wild sarsaparilla; Rabb′itry a rabbit-warren; Rabb′it-squirr′el a chincha a South American rodent; Rabb′it-suck′er (Shak.) a sucking rabbit; Rabb′it-warr′en a place where rabbits are kept and bred.—Snow-shoe rabbit an American hare found in the Rocky Mountains which turns white in winter; Welsh rabbit melted cheese with a little ale poured over a slice of hot toast—sometimes written 'Welsh rarebit' by wiseacres.
Edited by Babbage
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of rabbits, foretells favorable turns in conditions, and you will be more pleased with your gains than formerly. To see white rabbits, denotes faithfulness in love, to the married or single. To see rabbits frolicing about, denotes that children will contribute to your joys. See Hare.
Typist: Thaddeus
Unserious Contents or Definition
A small rodent, very similar to a hare, which feeds on grass and burrows in the earth. WELSH RABBIT,More like a string, thrives on cheese and burrows in the stomach.
Edited by Joanne
Examples
- Asking the operator the best direction, he pointed west, and noticing a rabbit in a clear space in the sage bushes, I said, 'There is one now. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- That's what it is to be a rabbit. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Hello, little rabbit, he said and kissed her on the mouth. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He held something in his two hands that looked like a freshly skinned rabbit and hurried across the corridor with it and in through another door. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Surely thou must feel it, rabbit. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Good-by, rabbit. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Swift as lightning he drew back and brought his free hand down like a hawk on the neck of the rabbit. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- These jack-rabbits are a very peculiar species. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He said, 'Plenty of jack-rabbits. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- There was a glimmer of nightly rabbits across the ground. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The weakened virus increased in strength when cult ivated in a series of rabbits. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Take your brother and show him the rabbits. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I have felt like one of those poor rabbits when the snake is writhing towards it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I laid in a stock of boiled flesh, of rabbits and fowls, and took with me two vessels, one filled with milk and the other with water. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
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