1A
gregarious burrowing plant-eating mammal, with long ears, long hind legs, and a short tail.
Family Leporidae: several genera and species, in particular the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus), which is often kept as a pet or raised for food
1.1 [mass noun] The flesh of the rabbit as food:
‘chunks of rabbit and chicken’
[as modifier]: ‘rabbit pies’
1.2 [mass noun] The fur of the rabbit.
1.3 North American term for hare.
1.4 • informal A poor performer in a sport or game, in particular (in cricket) a poor batsman:
‘he was a total rabbit with the bat’
1.5US A runner who acts as pacesetter in the first laps of a race.
2British • informal A conversation:
‘we had quite a heated rabbit about it’
[from rabbit and pork, rhyming slang for 'talk']
Quelle:
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/rabbitInterresant das rabbit grad bei Cricket und Laufen ein Thema ist.