jack rabbit
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of jack rabbit
1860–65; jack(ass) + rabbit; so named from the size of its ears
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
It looked like the work of a jack rabbit, he said, which must have been trying to get at the moisture in the stem.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2021
“A jack rabbit is actually a hare,” Jo Caskey said.
From Washington Post • Mar. 8, 2019
I grew up loving and rescuing animals: two badgers, a gopher, a jack rabbit, five baby squirrels and a great horned owl.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 7, 2018
Playing on a recent Wednesday night, he roamed the midfield, quick as a jack rabbit, and hungrily chased down the ball.
From New York Times • Nov. 15, 2011
To the eastward, in Tamaulipas, where only the black-tailed jack rabbit occurs, it too, has extensively white flanks and some individuals lack the terminal black patch on the ear.
From A Synopsis of the North American Lagomorpha by Hall, E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond)
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
