[ˈrabɪt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a gregarious burrowing plant-eating mammal, with long ears, long hind legs, and a short tail

- a conversation
(e.g: we had quite a heated rabbit about it)


Phrases:
- breed like rabbits
- pull a rabbit out of the hat
- thank your mother for the rabbits

Origin:
late Middle English: apparently from Old French (compare with French dialect rabotte ‘young rabbit’), perhaps of Dutch origin (compare with Flemish robbe)

[ˈrabɪt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- hunt rabbits
(e.g: locate the area where you can go rabbiting)

- talk at length, especially about trivial matters
(e.g: stop rabbiting on, will you, and go to bed!)

- move quickly; run away
(e.g: he rabbited as soon as he saw us coming)


Phrases:
- breed like rabbits
- pull a rabbit out of the hat
- thank your mother for the rabbits

Origin:
late Middle English: apparently from Old French (compare with French dialect rabotte ‘young rabbit’), perhaps of Dutch origin (compare with Flemish robbe)