jackrabbit

1. 1.

   large hare of western North America

   Broaderhare

   Narrowerwhite-tailed jackrabbitblacktail jackrabbit

   Part ofLepus

1. 1.

   go forward or start with a fast, sudden movement

   Broaderstartle

Other forms of jackrabbit

plural

jackrabbits·

past tense

jackrabbitted·

present participle

jackrabbitting·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about jackrabbit

What does jackrabbit mean?

jackrabbit means "large hare of western North America". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in jackrabbit?

jackrabbit has 3 syllables: jac-krab-bit. The stress falls on "jac". In IPA it is /ˈdʒæˌkɹæbət/.

Is jackrabbit a common word?

jackrabbit is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.