Meaning

10 senses
  1. (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)

    The pioneers survived by eating the small game they could get: rabbits, squirrels and occasionally a raccoon.

    Kaninchen, Karnickel, Schlappohr

    кро́ликkrólik, крольчи́хаkrolʹčíxa

    крільkrilʹ, кро́ликkrólyk, трусьtrusʹ

    any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food

  2. (uncountable)The meat from this animal.

    She was cooking rabbit stew for dinner.

  3. (uncountable)The fur of a rabbit typically used to imitate another animal's fur.

    the fur of a rabbit

  4. (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.

  5. (countable, uncountable)A very poor batsman, selected as a bowler or wicket-keeper.

  6. (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.

  7. (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.

  8. (countable, uncountable)Rarebit; Welsh rabbit or a similar dish: melted cheese served atop toast.

  9. (countable, uncountable)A pneumatically-controlled tool used to insert small samples of material inside the core of a nuclear reactor.

  10. (countable, uncountable)A vibrator with a shaft and a clitoral stimulator usually shaped like a rabbit's ears.

Examples

463 sentences
  1. The rabbit hid behind the tree.

    Кролик сховався за деревом.

    ruКролик спрятался за деревом.

    deDas Kaninchen versteckte sich hinter dem Baum.

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  2. Tom tried to catch the rabbit.

    Том спробував упіймати кроля.

    ruТом попытался поймать кролика.

    deTom versuchte, das Kaninchen zu fangen.

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  3. Why do rabbits have long ears?

    Чому в кролів довгі вуха?

    ruПочему у кроликов длинные уши?

    deWarum haben Kaninchen lange Löffel?

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  4. Not all rabbits have long ears.

    Не всі кролики мають довгі вуха.

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  5. It doesn't look like a rabbit.

    Не схоже на кроля.

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Translations

9 languages
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Origin

Inherited from Middle English rabet, rabette, from Anglo-Latin rabettus, from dialectal Ol

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.

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Forms

plural: rabbits
Singularrabbit
Pluralrabbits

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food:coneycony
  • flesh of any of various rabbits or hares (wild or domesticated) eaten as food:hare
  • the fur of a rabbit:lapin

Word family

81 related words

Collocations

4 patterns
  • catch a rabbit
  • rabbits have long
  • raise rabbits
  • saw a rabbit

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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