jackrabbit

«jackrabbit» in Mova's school dictionary: a large hare of western North America with very long ears… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a jackrabbit, jackrabbits); verb (jackrabbit, jackrabbits, jackrabbited — informal, US)

meaning for a pupil

1) A jackrabbit is a large hare of western North America with very long ears and strong back legs. tree →

2) (informal, US) To jackrabbit is to start or move suddenly and fast, like a car shooting off from traffic lights. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons about deserts, jackrabbits use their huge ears to lose heat and can run up to about 60 km per hour. Despite the name, a jackrabbit is a hare, not a rabbit: hares are born with fur and open eyes. Phrases: «jackrabbit start», «black-tailed jackrabbit».

examples

• A jackrabbit leapt out from behind the cactus. tree →
• Jackrabbits have long ears that help them stay cool. tree →
• The black-tailed jackrabbit lives in the deserts of the USA and Mexico. tree →
• A jackrabbit can run faster than most dogs. tree →
• The car made a jackrabbit start when the lights turned green. tree →
• Coyotes and eagles hunt jackrabbits. tree →

note

One word. A jackrabbit is a hare, not a true rabbit. Plural «jackrabbits». Mostly American; in the UK you would say «hare».

In the corpora

• Jackrabbits are hares; hares are bigger than rabbits, with longer ears and legs, and live above ground in nests in grass.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «jackrabbit» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.