jackrabbit
resembling a jack rabbit, as in suddenness or rapidity of movement: The car made a jackrabbit start when the traffic light turned green.
to go or start forward with a rapid, sudden movement.
Origin of jackrabbit
1Other definitions for jack rabbit (2 of 2)
any of various large hares of western North America, having very long hind legs and long ears.
Origin of jack rabbit
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How to use jackrabbit in a sentence
While he sat enjoying the beauty of the scene he observed a war eagle chasing a jack-rabbit.
Prairie Smoke (Second Edition, Revised) | Melvin Randolph GilmoreThe jack-rabbit continually dodged and circled, trying to escape as the eagle swooped toward him.
Prairie Smoke (Second Edition, Revised) | Melvin Randolph GilmoreA friend of mine, by the name of Stebbins, once followed his dog in a chase after a jack rabbit.
Bill's School and Mine | William Suddards FranklinTawahinkpayota came forth from the antelope head, while Black Hawk and Antler rose up where the jack-rabbit and calf had lain.
Red Hunters And the Animal People | Charles A. Eastman"It was not so much the angry carpenter who waked me as the little jack rabbit you're father to," Martha said.
Blind Man's Lantern | Allen Kim Lang
British Dictionary definitions for jack rabbit
any of various W North American hares, such as Lepus townsendi (white-tailed jack rabbit), having long hind legs and large ears
Origin of jack rabbit
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