rabbit
noun
[ ˈrabɪt ]
• a gregarious burrowing plant-eating mammal, with long ears, long hind legs, and a short tail.
Similar:
coney,
bunny (rabbit),
• a conversation.
• "we had quite a heated rabbit about it"
rabbit
verb
• hunt rabbits.
• "locate the area where you can go rabbiting"
• talk at length, especially about trivial matters.
• "stop rabbiting on, will you, and go to bed!"
• move quickly; run away.
• "he rabbited as soon as he saw us coming"
Origin:
late Middle English: apparently from Old French (compare with French dialect rabotte ‘young rabbit’), perhaps of Dutch origin (compare with Flemish robbe ).
