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jackrabbit

[ jak-rab-it ]

adjective

  1. resembling a jack rabbit, as in suddenness or rapidity of movement:

    The car made a jackrabbit start when the traffic light turned green.



verb (used without object)

  1. to go or start forward with a rapid, sudden movement.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of jackrabbit1

First recorded in 1925–30; jack rabbit

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Example Sentences

The dogs that barked were behind farmhouse gates, and we had use for our stones only at an occasional jackrabbit.

Only a greyhound or other long-legged dog can beat a jackrabbit running.

Lepus californicus merriami Mearns: Black-tailed Jackrabbit.

Ordinarily these dogs, who were also wise beasts, passed by the jackrabbit in his abundance with only inhibited longing.

A jackrabbit arrested in full flight by a charge of shot turns a very spectacular somersault.

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