rabbit
verb/ˈræbɪt/
/ˈræbɪt/
[intransitive] go rabbiting
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they rabbit | /ˈræbɪt/ /ˈræbɪt/ |
| he / she / it rabbits | /ˈræbɪts/ /ˈræbɪts/ |
| past simple rabbited | /ˈræbɪtɪd/ /ˈræbɪtɪd/ |
| past participle rabbited | /ˈræbɪtɪd/ /ˈræbɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form rabbiting | /ˈræbɪtɪŋ/ /ˈræbɪtɪŋ/ |
- to hunt or shoot rabbitsWord Originlate Middle English: apparently from Old French (compare with French dialect rabotte ‘young rabbit’), perhaps of Dutch origin (compare with Flemish robbe).
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