The difference between Chew the cud and Rabbit

When used as verbs, chew the cud means to ruminate, whereas rabbit means to hunt rabbits.

Rabbit is also noun with the meaning: a mammal of the family leporidae, with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail.

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  1. Chew the cud as a verb (agriculture):

    to ruminate

  2. Chew the cud as a verb (figuratively, idiomatic, of a person):

    to meditate or ponder before answering; to be deep in thought; to ruminate

  1. Rabbit as a noun:

    A mammal of the family Leporidae, with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail.

    Examples:

    "The pioneers survived by eating the small game they could get: rabbits, squirrels and occasionally a raccoon."

  2. Rabbit as a noun:

    The fur of a rabbit typically used to imitate another animal's fur.

  3. Rabbit as a noun:

    A runner in a distance race whose goal is mainly to set the pace, either to tire a specific rival so that a teammate can win or to help another break a record; a pacesetter.

  4. Rabbit as a noun (cricket):

    A very poor batsman; selected as a bowler or wicket-keeper.

  5. Rabbit as a noun (comptheory):

    A large element at the beginning of a list of items to be bubble sorted, and thus tending to be quickly swapped into its correct position. Compare .

  1. Rabbit as a verb (intransitive):

    To hunt rabbits.

  2. Rabbit as a verb (US, intransitive):

    To flee.

    Examples:

    "The informant seemed skittish, as if he was about to rabbit."

  1. Rabbit as a verb (British, intransitive):

    To talk incessantly and in a childish manner; to babble annoyingly.

    Examples:

    "Stop your infernal rabbiting! Use proper words or nobody will listen to you!"

    "Commonly used in the form "to rabbit on"

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