rabbit en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- răb'it (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈɹæbət/ Australia, weak vowel merger
- /ˈɾabɪt/ (Scotland, Wales)
- /ˈɹæbɪt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- audio SSB
- (Australia) audio
- /ˈɹabɪt/ (British, Southern, Standard)
- răb'ət Australia, weak vowel merger
- (US) audio
- /ˈɹæbət/ weak vowel merger
- /ˈɹæbɪt/ weak vowel distinction
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English rabet, rabette, from Anglo-Latin rabettus, from dialectal Old French rabotte, probably a diminutive of Middle Dutch or West Flemish robbe (“rabbit, seal”), of uncertain origin; possibly some imitative verb, maybe robben, rubben (“to rub”) is used here to allude to a characteristic of the animal. See rub. Related forms include Middle French rabouillet (“baby rabbit”) and in French rabot (“plane”)), coming via Walloon Old French (reflected nowadays as Walloon robète (“rabbit”)), from Middle Dutch robbe ("rabbit; seal"; whence Modern Dutch rob (“rabbit", also "seal”)); also Middle Low German robbe, rubbe (“rabbit”), and the later German Low German Rubbe, Robb (“seal”), West Frisian robbe (“seal”), Saterland Frisian Rubbe (“seal”), North Frisian rob (“seal”), borrowed into German Robbe (“seal”). Meant "young rabbit" until the 19th c., when it came to replace the original general term cony, owing to the latter's resemblance to and use as a euphemism for cunny, "vulva" (compare ass and donkey). Note that there is no inherited Germanic word for rabbits, since hares are the only leporids native to Britain (as with all of Europe outside the Iberian Peninsula and southwest France); rabbits were introduced from France in the late Middle Ages, likely after the Norman Invasion. (Fittingly, hare is indeed inherited from Proto-Germanic.)
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A 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)
Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.
1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], “The Old Punt: A Curious ‘Turnpike’”, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC, pages 19–20:The pioneers survived by eating the small game they could get: rabbits, squirrels and occasionally a raccoon.
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(uncountable) The meat from this animal.
She was cooking rabbit stew for dinner.
- (uncountable) The fur of a rabbit typically used to imitate another animal's fur.
- (countable, uncountable) 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.
- (countable, uncountable) A very poor batsman, selected as a bowler or wicket-keeper.
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(countable, uncountable) A 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.
- (countable, uncountable) A 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.
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(countable, uncountable) Rarebit; Welsh rabbit or a similar dish: melted cheese served atop toast.
The cheese mixture may be served with toast on the side or poured on top of toast and grilled until golden brown and bubbling. Other variations include Buck rabbit, a Welsh rabbit with a poached egg on top, and Yorkshire rabbit with bacon ...
2018, Helen Saberi, Teatimes: A World Tour, Reaktion Books, →ISBN:CHEESE TOASTED, OR RABBIT.
1858, Mrs. N. K. M. Lee, The American Family Cook Book, page 47:Hannah Glasse offered recipes for Scotch, Welsh, and English rabbit. This is her Scotch rabbit: Toast a piece of bread very nicely […] Cut a slice of cheese, […]
2019, Mark Kurlansky, Milk: A 10,000-Year History, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:
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(countable, uncountable) A pneumatically-controlled tool used to insert small samples of material inside the core of a nuclear reactor.
This rabbit is constructed such that only that fraction of the beam that passes through the 15g-in. diameter target container reaches the Faraday cup behind the rabbit.
2012, Joseph Cerny, Nuclear Spectroscopy and Reactions 40-A (part 1, page 249)
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(countable, qualifier:genericized trademark, uncountable) A vibrator with a shaft and a clitoral stimulator usually shaped like a rabbit's ears.
First, she showed us the standard dildos before moving on to the rabbits—vibrators with little ears to stimulate the clit.
2018 August 29, Vivienne Savage, A Man of Many Talons, Payne & Taylor:Rabbits come in many forms/In colors, shapes and sizes./ They satisfy a lady's needs,/Indulging her sweet vices.
2013 07, larry morgan, FOOTSTEPS: Poetic Reflections on the Opposite Sex and Life's Other Contradictions., iUniverse, →ISBN, page 37:She reached into her night stand for some lubricant and her rabbit vibrator.
2023 June 6, Madeline Cox, 250 Sexy Erotic Stories: Age Gap, Taboo Dark Reverse Harem, Forbidden Naughty Family, Tales for Adults, BDSM, Rough Daddies Dom, Sexy Hot Story for Women and Men, PaperGram LLC, →ISBN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| rabbits | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
rabbit-oh · rabbit ball · dwarf rabbit · marsh rabbit · swamp rabbit · rabbitwood · pull a rabbit from a hat · angora rabbit · rabbitberry · hog-rabbit · Rabbitland · rabbit tick · rabbitbush · rabbit in the headlamps · rabbito · rabbitdom · nonrabbit · rabbit-foot · snowshoe rabbit · rabbit warren · white rabbit · rabbit-hearted · rabbit root · cutaneous rabbit illusion · the rabbit died · frightened rabbit · riverine rabbit · antelabbit · rabbit-proof · rabbitweed · rabbit-ear iris · rabbit-o · rabbitfucker · volcano rabbit · rabbit-rat · buy the rabbit · gutter rabbit · rabbitry · rabbitlike · rabbitfish · roof rabbit · rabbiter · cabbit · rabbitkind · rabbit food · rabbit rat · fuck like rabbits · common rabbit · wererabbit · antirabbit · rabbit's foot · Amami rabbit · rabbit bandicoot · rabbit-eared bandicoot · tree rabbit · jack-rabbit · rabbit stick · rabbit trail · rabbithood · rabbit punch · rabbit in the headlights · rabbit board · rabbitish · rabbit ear · timid as a rabbit · rock rabbit · rabbitbrush · jackrabbit · one-rabbit · rabbit tooth · rabbit hole · brush rabbit · rabbit vibrator · make a rabbit bite a bulldog · Welsh rabbit · rabbit test · rabbity · rabbit starvation · rabbit moth · rabbit ear mite · Dutch rabbit · rabbit foot · rabbit raisins · European rabbit · cutaneous rabbit effect · enough to make a rabbit bite a bulldog · rabbit fever · rabbitling · rabbit hutch · rabbitwise · lionhead rabbit · wabbit · rabbit-eared · kill the rabbit · Bunyoro rabbit · rabbitat · rabbit flea · rabbit ears · buck rabbit · breed like rabbits · snowrabbit · pull a rabbit out of a hat · California rabbit tobacco · rabbitless · horse and rabbit stew · let the dog see the rabbit · rabbitpox · rabbitskin · rabbit syndrome
Descendants
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
Synonyms
cony · bunny · bunny rabbit · coney · bunny · walking wicket
Translations (362)
nan-hbl 兔仔 (mammal) · tl dagang-taingahan (mammal) · tzj umul (mammal) · agr wapuhuš (mammal) · nds-de Kanink (mammal) · ky коён (mammal) · ms arnab (mammal) · lv trusis (mammal) · tpw tapiti (mammal) · fo kanin (mammal) · wa robete (mammal) · syc ܐܪܢܒܐ (mammal) · ksw ပဒဲ (mammal) · eo kuniklo (mammal) · ady тхьэкӏумэкӏэхьы (mammal) · my ယုန် (mammal) · alt кролик (mammal) · dsb karnikel (mammal) · ro iepure de vizuină (mammal) · dng тўр (mammal) · ug توشقان (mammal) · aii ܐܲܪܢܒ݂ܵܐ (mammal) · tr kuyan (mammal) · fa-ira خَرْگوش (mammal) · si රට හාවෝ (mammal) · vo krolig (mammal) · an lapín (mammal) · nhn tochtli (mammal) · yi קיניגל (mammal) · os крoлик (mammal) · alq wabos (mammal) · cmn 兔子 (mammal) · mic apli'gmuj (mammal) · grc λεβηρίς (mammal) · frr kaninken (mammal) · tr tavşan atlet (pacesetter) · bg заек (mammal) · sv kanin (mammal) · ti ማንቲለ (mammal) · sgs kralėks (mammal) · nrf lapîn (mammal) · gu સસલું (mammal) · tl kuneho (mammal) · vo kroligapläd (fur) · khb ᦂᦎᦻᧈ (mammal) · it lepre (pacesetter) · el κουνέλι (mammal) · chy vóhkóóhe (mammal) · qu quwi (mammal) · ast conexu (mammal) · ary قنية (mammal) · prs خَرْگوش (mammal) · mn туулай (fur) · tg харгӯш (mammal) · af konyn (mammal) · mey نيرب (mammal) · sm lapiti (mammal) · ms ترويلو (mammal) · ce пхьагал (mammal) · pt coelho (mammal) · tt йорт куяны (mammal) · gv conning (mammal) · zza arwéş (mammal) · fi huono lyöjä (poor batsman) · ps سوۍ (mammal) · tr tavşan (mammal) · rup ljepur (mammal) · grc δασύπους (mammal) · rom śośoj (mammal) · ms کوچيڠ بلندا (mammal) · nds-de Kaninken (mammal) · mg bitro (mammal) · fi kaniturkis (fur) · mn туулайн арьс (fur) · gsw Chünel (mammal) · sh зечевина (fur) · sk králik (mammal) · sw sungura (mammal) · gl coello (mammal) · be трус (mammal) · dng тўзы (mammal) · koi кӧч (mammal) · chr ᏥᏍᏚ (mammal) · cs králík (mammal) · as শহাপহু (mammal) · scn cunigghiu (mammal) · shh kammu (mammal) · uk трусь (mammal) · ur سُسّا (mammal) · pa ਖ਼ਰਗੋਸ਼ (mammal) · tk towşan (mammal) · za doq (mammal) · wo njomboor ji (mammal) · th กระต่าย (mammal) · oma mashchíⁿge (mammal) · sa शशक (mammal) · vec cunicio (mammal) · gld гормахон (mammal) · ks خَرگوش (mammal) · an coniello (mammal) · hu nyúl (mammal) · nch koatochij (mammal) · as শহা (mammal) · orh tʊkʃakɪ (mammal) · et küülik (mammal) · syc ܠܐܓܘܣ (mammal) · pl trusia (mammal) · clt savi (mammal) · mr सशी (mammal) · nv gah (mammal) · kxd arnab (mammal) · twf pȉwéna (mammal) · sgs trioškis (mammal) · vot jänez (mammal) · ru крольчи́ха (mammal) · gd rabaid (fur) · crk ᐚᐳᐢ (mammal) · wa conin (mammal) · mnc ᡤᡡᠯᠮᠠᡥᡡᠨ (mammal) · de Schlappohr (mammal) · cy cwningen (mammal) · pl królik (mammal) · vro jänes (mammal) · yue 白兔 (mammal) · stq Kenientje (mammal) · ne खरायो (mammal) · uz xargoʻsh (mammal) · fi jänis (pacesetter) · sc cacciappu (mammal) · fr lapin (mammal) · es liebre (pacesetter) · pl truś (mammal) · km ទន្សាយ (mammal) · es conejo (mammal) · liv truš (mammal) · ml മുയല് (mammal) · mr ससा (mammal) · ga coinín (mammal) · alt койон (mammal) · pua auani (mammal) · ems uskaanaq (mammal) · akz chokfi (mammal) · rup ljepure (roa-rup) (mammal) · tfn hvaya (mammal) · ms kelinci (mammal) · ttj akame class 12 (mammal) · fi kani (mammal) · hop taavo (mammal) · lut k'ʷəčəldiʔ (mammal) · oj waabooz (mammal) · nl konijn (mammal) · csb trus (mammal) · lad konejo (mammal) · de Kaninchen (mammal) · sh zečevina (fur) · tyv тоолай (mammal) · szl mycek (mammal) · uz quyon (mammal) · hi सुस्सा (mammal) · sc cunillu (mammal) · ms کلينچي (mammal) · ms tapai (mammal) · ttt xərquş (mammal) · az dovşan (mammal) · io kuniklo (mammal) · am ጥንቸል (mammal) · ar أَرْنَب (mammal) · za duzdoq (mammal) · cv кролик (mammal) · nhn tochin (mammal) · ko 토끼 (fur) · paw párus (mammal) · hi खरगोश (mammal) · uk кро́лик (mammal) · stq Knientje (mammal) · yi קראָליק (mammal) · mt fenek (mammal) · cic chokfi (mammal) · kl ukalinnguaq (mammal) · es ñeco (mammal) · izh kanini (mammal) · com tabu (mammal) · knj txitx (mammal) · sh ку̀нӣћ (mammal) · ny kalulu (mammal) · ang hara (mammal) · gd coineanach (fur) · mwl coneilho (mammal) · tt куян (mammal) · sgr خرقوش (mammal) · sa शश (mammal) · kw konin (mammal) · gd rabaid (mammal) · dtp labit (mammal) · frr kanin (mammal) · bo ཡོས (mammal) · ur شَشَک (mammal) · te కుందేలు (mammal) · cs králík (fur) · eu untxi (mammal) · ur خَرْگوش (mammal) · he אַרְנֶבֶת (mammal) · hi खरहा (mammal) · tly həvuş (mammal) · hsb nukl (mammal) · km ទន្សាយគល់ (mammal) · ta முயல் (mammal) · fi kani (fur) · zu unogwaja (mammal) · shh kamme (mammal) · bo རི་བོང (mammal) · ru кро́лик (mammal) · la cunīculus (mammal) · hu házi nyúl (mammal) · iu ᐅᑲᓕᐊᑦᓯᐊᖅ (mammal) · zza harwêş (mammal) · sq lepur i butë (mammal) · it lapin (fur) · ja 兎 (mammal) · yai харгуш (mammal) · be кро́лік (mammal) · ka ბოცვერი (mammal) · ms کويلو (mammal) · gd coineanach (mammal) · ckb کەروێشک (mammal) · xdq гъвяри (mammal) · nch koatochi (mammal) · rsk заяц (mammal) · mn туулай (mammal) · kld bina gaarr (mammal) · nl haas (pacesetter) · vls keun (mammal) · mel belabau belada (mammal) · mfe lapin (mammal) · ms terwelu (mammal) · pl król (mammal) · kum уьй къоян (mammal) · xsl gah (mammal) · lld conicio (mammal) · tzo t'ul (mammal) · kgp nhinsu (mammal) · sip རི་གྔོང་ (mammal) · sah хоруолук (mammal) · ain イセポ (mammal) · be трусі́ха (mammal) · arz ارنب (mammal) · ceb koneho (mammal) · de Karnickel (mammal) · nb kanin (mammal) · kk қоян (mammal) · pjt malu (mammal) · it coniglio (mammal) · ko 털 (fur) · acr imul (mammal) · ko 토끼 (mammal) · wbp yurapiti (mammal) · tr ada tavşanı (mammal) · co cunigliulu (mammal) · mrc xalyaw (mammal) · ba ҡуян (mammal) · grc κύνικλος (mammal) · mn ᠲᠠᠤᠯᠠᠢ (mammal) · ro iepure (mammal) · af haas (mammal) · hi ख़रगोश (mammal) · sh зе̑ц (mammal) · br lapin (mammal) · is kanína (mammal) · nhw kuatochi (mammal) · dsb kralik (mammal) · fi kaniini (mammal) · ms kuilu (mammal) · ja ウサギ (mammal) · ota آطه طاوشانی (mammal) · oc lapin (mammal) · stq Kannienken (mammal) · rm cunigl (mammal) · lo ກະຕ່າຍ (mammal) · ee fɔmizi (mammal) · tew puu (mammal) · sh zȇc (mammal) · ood tohbi (mammal) · aer rapite (mammal) · aii ܟܸܪܘܝܼܫ (mammal) · izh kroolikka (mammal) · nci tochtli (mammal) · ms ارنب (mammal) · kk үй қояны (mammal) · kl kaniina (mammal) · yue 兔仔 (mammal) · kmr xirrnîfk (mammal) · lt triušis (mammal) · es conejil (mammal) · mi rāpeti (mammal) · id kelinci (mammal) · sl kunec (mammal) · ltg truss (mammal) · kn ಮೊಲ (mammal) · pl królik (fur) · uk кріль (mammal) · sl zajec (mammal) · csm ṭós·ewe- (mammal) · rom śośni (mammal) · liv kuodkõps (mammal) · wa lapén (mammal) · gd coinean (mammal) · pdt Hos (mammal) · bla aahtsista (mammal) · da kanin (mammal) · fur cunin (mammal) · yo ehoro (mammal) · lb Kanéngchen (mammal) · ms تاڤاي (mammal) · ka კურდღელი (mammal) · so bakayle (mammal) · vi thỏ (mammal) · oc conilh (mammal) · zza arwêşek (poor batsman) · ia conilio (mammal) · sh kùnīć (mammal) · sco kinnen (mammal) · haw lāpaki (mammal) · ca conill (mammal) · sq kunel (mammal) · sgs triošis (mammal) · fy knyn (mammal) · frr kaniinken (mammal) · frr kaniinken (mammal) · es conejuno (mammal) · pl zając (pacesetter) · moe uapush (mammal) · sq lepur i gropave (mammal) · tdd ᥙᥣᥒ ᥖᥣᥭᥰ (mammal) · dz རི་བོང (mammal) · sne biruog brana (mammal) · bn খরগোশ (mammal) · cmn 兔子 (pacesetter) · el κόνικλος (fur) · hrx Kaninche (mammal) · he אַרְנָב (mammal) · mnw ဗတာဲ (mammal) · ms kucing belanda (mammal) · tn mmutla (mammal) · kk ор қоян (mammal) · ppi xlo (mammal) · kmr kêroşk (mammal) · br konikl (mammal) · ast coneyu (mammal) · frr Kanink (mammal) · tl buot (mammal) · hy ճագար (mammal) · bn শশ (mammal) · se kaniidna (mammal) · cmn 白兔 (mammal) · apw gah (mammal) · yi האָז (mammal) · kum кролик (mammal) · wym kyngel (mammal) · mk зајак (mammal) · rup ljepuri (mammal) · mel tikuih belada (mammal) · hi शशक (mammal)
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