jackrabbit
IPA: dʒˈækræbʌt
noun
- any of several large North American hares of the genus Lepus
verb
- (US) To make a sudden, rapid movement
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Examples of "jackrabbit" in Sentences
- The jackrabbit was a pest, but the cottontail was worth getting.
- He said it was hoppin around their parking lot like a "jackrabbit" !
- I had to move the little speed slider on my sewing machine from "jackrabbit" back down to "turtle."
- Aggressive driving such as jackrabbit starts followed by screeching stops can cut your highway and city mileage.
- But who knows, maybe a cantalope is similar to a jackalope, a semi-imaginary animal described as a jackrabbit with antelope horns.
- You rent a device that plugs into your car and tracks the length and frequency of your trips and the time of day you hit the road, as well as "jackrabbit" starts and panic braking.
- The white-sided jackrabbit, which is actually a hare (genus Lepus) is called liebre blanca - white hare - in Mexico, where it is found from the northern border to the state of Jalisco.
- The jackalope is an imaginary animal of North American folklore (a so-called "fearsome critter") described as a jackrabbit with antelope horns or deer antlers and sometimes a pheasant's tail (and often hind legs).
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