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jackrabbit
[ jak-rab-it ]
adjective
- 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)
- 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.
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Only a greyhound or other long-legged dog can beat a jackrabbit running.
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Lepus californicus merriami Mearns: Black-tailed Jackrabbit.
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Ordinarily these dogs, who were also wise beasts, passed by the jackrabbit in his abundance with only inhibited longing.
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A jackrabbit arrested in full flight by a charge of shot turns a very spectacular somersault.
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