A1verb · intransitive · common

rabbit

rabbit · rabbits · rabbited / rabbitted · rabbiting

базікати, бурмотіти, галамагати

убежать, убегать, удрать

springen, verschwinden, stürzen

To hunt rabbitsTo hunt rabbits.

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/ˈɹæbɪt/

» The rabbit hid behind the tree.

Das Kaninchen versteckte sich hinter dem Baum. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Кролик спрятался за деревом. — odexed

Кролик сховався за деревом. — deniko

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Meaning

4 senses

(intransitive)To hunt rabbits.
hunt rabbits
(US, intransitive)To 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.
(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!
Confound; damn; drat.

Examples

463 sentences

The rabbit hid behind the tree.
Кролик сховався за деревом. — deniko
ruКролик спрятался за деревом. — odexed
deDas Kaninchen versteckte sich hinter dem Baum. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Tom tried to catch the rabbit.
Том спробував упіймати кроля. — deniko
ruТом попытался поймать кролика. — Wezel
deTom versuchte, das Kaninchen zu fangen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Why do rabbits have long ears?
Чому в кролів довгі вуха? — deniko
ruПочему у кроликов длинные уши? — marafon
deWarum haben Kaninchen lange Löffel? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Not all rabbits have long ears.
Не всі кролики мають довгі вуха. — deniko
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It doesn't look like a rabbit.
Не схоже на кроля. — deniko
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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.

From Cockney rhyming slang rabbit and pork, to talk.

Perhaps a corruption of rabate.

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