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Definition for: rabbit

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English

Pronunciation

  • AHD: ( UK, US ) răb'it, ( Australia ) răb'ət
  • IPA: ( UK, US ) /ˈræbɪt/, ( Australia ) /ˈræbət/
  • SAMPA: ( UK, US ) /"r{bIt/, ( Australia ) /"r{b@t/
  • Rhymes: -æbɪt

Etymology

From Northern French

Noun

A rabbit (sense 1).

Singular
rabbit

Plural
rabbits

rabbit ( plural rabbits )

  1. Any of several small mammals, of the family Leporidae , with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail.
  2. ( cricket ) a very poor batsman; selected as a bowler or wicket-keeper
  3. ( colloquial ) Someone new to something.

Synonyms

Related terms

  • rabbity

Translations

mammal

  • Albanian: lepuri i gropave
  • Arabic: أرْنَب
  • Basque: untxi
  • Belarusian: трусяня/трусяне, трус
  • Bengali: খরেগাশ
  • Bosnian: zec m . , kunić m .
  • Breton: konikl
  • Bulgarian: заек (zaek) (bg)
  • Catalan: conill
  • Chinese: 兔 (tù, baitu, bai2tu4)
  • Croatian: kunić m .
  • Czech: králík
  • Danish: kanin c
  • Dutch: konijn n
  • Esperanto: kuniklo
  • Estonian: küülik
  • Faroese: kanin
  • Finnish: kaniini, kani
  • French: lapin m .
  • Frisian: knyn
  • Friulian: cunin
  • Gallegan: coello
  • German: Kaninchen n
  • Greek: αγριοκούνελο
  • Gujarati: સસલું (saslu.n)
  • Hebrew: ארנב
  • Hindi: ख़रगोश ( kh argoš) m . , ख़रगोशनी ( kh argošanī) f .
  • Hungarian: nyúl
  • Icelandic: kanína
  • Interlingua: conilio
  • Irish: cóinín
  • Italian: coniglio m .
  • Japanese: 兎 (ウサギ, usagi)
  • Judeo-Spanish: konejo
  • Korean: 토끼 (tokki)
  • Kurdish:
    Kurmanji: kêroşk (ku) , xirrnîfk (ku)
    Sorani: کەرويشک (kêrwişk)
  • Ladin: conicio
  • Latin: cuniculus m .
  • Latvian: trusis
  • Lithuanian: triušis
  • Lower Sorbian: karnikel
  • Macedonian: питом заjак (pitom zajak)
  • Maltese: fenek
  • Norwegian: kanin m .
  • Occitan: conilh, lapin
  • Persian: خرگوش ( kh ærguš)
  • Polish: królik
  • Portuguese: coelho m .
  • Romanian: iepure, iepure de vizuină
  • Romansh: cunigl
  • Romany: shoshoy(m.) shoshni f .
  • Russian: кролик (krolik) m . , крольчиха f .
  • Sami: kaniidna
  • Sardinian: cunillu, cacciappu
  • Scottish: coineanach
  • Serbian:
    Cyrillic: зец m . , кунић m .
    Roman: zec m . , kunić m .
  • Slovak: králik
  • Slovenian: kunec m .
  • Somali: bakayle
  • Spanish: conejo m .
  • Swedish: kanin c
  • Telugu: కుందేలు (kumdealu)
  • Turkish: tavşan
  • Tzotzil: t'ul
  • Tz'utujil: umul
  • Ukrainian: кріль (kril'), кролик (krolik)
  • Upper Sorbian: nukl
  • Urdu: خرگوش ( kh argoš) m .
  • Volapük: krolig
  • Welsh: cwningen

Verb

to rabbit

  1. ( UK ) to talk incessantly and in a childish manner; to babble
    Stop your infernal rabbiting ! Use proper words or nobody will listen to you!

Synonyms

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See also

Etymology

From Cockney rhyming slang rabbit and pork , to talk.

Intransitive verb

to rabbit ( third-person singular simple present rabbitts , present participle rabbitting , simple past rabbitted , past participle rabbitted )

  1. (British): To talk, especially annoyingly or to excess.
    He just keeps rabbitting on .

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