Definition of Jackrabbit

1. Noun. Large hare of western North America.


2. Verb. Go forward or start with a fast, sudden movement.
Generic synonyms: Jump, Start, Startle

Definition of Jackrabbit

1. Noun. any of several large North American hares of the genus ''Lepus'' ¹

2. Verb. (American English) To make a sudden, rapid movement ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Jackrabbit

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jackrabbit

jacklegs
jacklight
jacklighted
jacklighting
jacklights
jackman
jackmen
jackoff
jackoffs
jackplane
jackplanes
jackpot
jackpots
jackpudding
jackpuddings
jackrabbit (current term)
jackrabbit start
jackrabbited
jackrabbiting
jackrabbits
jackroll
jackrolled
jackrolling
jackrolls
jacks
jacks-of-all-trades
jacks of all trades
jacks of clubs
jacks of spades
jacks off

Literary usage of Jackrabbit

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Germ Warfareby John Lonergan by John Lonergan (2001)
"Outside the car, a jackrabbit looked up at the soft whoosh of the glasstop as it rushed by at two and a half miles per minute. Robert sat back and thought ..."

2. Ethnozoology of the Tewa Indians by Junius Henderson, John Peabody Harrington (1914)
"White-tailed jackrabbit. jackrabbits are reported by both whites and Indians, ... Texas jackrabbit. We have no record of this species from the Pajarito ..."

3. Basic Math Skills, Grade 2 by Jo Ellen Moore (2003)
"This jackrabbit jumps on shapes with straight sides. 2. This jackrabbit jumps ... This jackrabbit jumps on shapes that can be stacked on top of each other. ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1895)
"The Gray jackrabbit of the Upper Rio Grande region, and the Desert jackrabbit of the Colorado Desert, were described as superficially distinct from the ..."

5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1895)
"The Gray jackrabbit of the Upper Rio Grande region, and the Desert jackrabbit of the Colorado Desert, were described as superficially distinct from the ..."

6. Reports of Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Oregon by Oregon Supreme Court (1919)
"On December 9, 1916, the County Court made a tax levy to meet the county expenses estimated for the ensuing year, including a tax "for jackrabbit bounty ..."

7. Western Field by Olympic Club (San Francisco, Calif.), California Game and Fish Protective Association (1907)
"The jackrabbit is no hider, no skulker among the underbrush ; he is up and doing ... I had killed a jackrabbit with the big gun and two more cottontails had ..."

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