Definition of "rabbit" []

• Any of various long-eared, short-tailed, burrowing mammals of the family Leporidae, as the commonly domesticated Old World species Oryctolagus cuniculus or the cottontail. (noun)
• A hare. (noun)
• The fur of a rabbit or hare. (noun)
• Sports A runner who intentionally sets a fast pace for a teammate during a long-distance race. (noun)
• To hunt rabbits or hares. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "To sink into those wide feather beds and sleep the round of the clock while the old women washed and dried their clothes for them; to eat rabbit stew and pommes frites in the garden, —rabbit stew made with red wine and chestnuts."
• "I had never heard the term rabbit trails before, only goat trails, LOL."
• "You could also practise speech marks and question makrs – if your rabbit is asking questions – or this might be a little too advanced for Kindergarten."