The difference between Rabbit and Run off
When used as verbs, rabbit means to hunt rabbits, whereas run off means to flee or depart quickly.
Rabbit is also noun with the meaning: a mammal of the family leporidae, with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail.
check bellow for the other definitions of Rabbit and Run off
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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."
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Rabbit as a noun:
The fur of a rabbit typically used to imitate another animal's fur.
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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.
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Rabbit as a noun (cricket):
A very poor batsman; selected as a bowler or wicket-keeper.
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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 .
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Rabbit as a verb (intransitive):
To hunt rabbits.
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Rabbit as a verb (US, intransitive):
To flee.
Examples:
"The informant seemed skittish, as if he was about to rabbit."
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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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Run off as a verb:
To flee or depart quickly.
Examples:
"Don't run off before the end of the event."
"He ran off to France leaving her with all the debts and three children to bring up."
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Run off as a verb (idiomatic):
To make photocopies, or print.
Examples:
"Please run off a couple dozen more flyers to pass out."
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Run off as a verb (idiomatic):
To write something quickly.
Examples:
"Shakespeare could run off a play in just a couple of days."
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Run off as a verb:
(of a liquid) To pour or spill off or over.
Examples:
"They kept a barrel to store rainwater that has run off the roof."
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Run off as a verb:
To cause to flow away.
Examples:
"to run off a charge of molten metal from a furnace"
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Run off as a verb:
To chase someone away.
Examples:
"If anyone comes into this field, the bull will soon run them off."
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Run off as a verb:
To operate by a particular energy source.
Examples:
"This radio runs off batteries."