adj
Meaning 1
Exhausted; tired.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland
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Standard Lemma guide
wabbit
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈwæ.bɪt/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -æbɪt
noun
Meaning 2
A rabbit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: childish, humorous
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noun
Meaning 3
A self-replicating computer process that (unlike a virus or worm) does not infect host programs or documents and remains on the local computer rather than spreading across networks of computers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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History
Etymology
Scots wabbit, ultimate origin uncertain.
Pronunciation spelling of rabbit representing the pronunciation of children and some adults who have trouble saying the English /r/ (the cartoon character Elmer Fudd is a caricature of the latter). Computing sense refers to the ability of rabbits to multiply quickly.