"wabbit" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈwæ.bɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-wabbit.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more wabbit [comparative], most wabbit [superlative]
Rhymes: -æbɪt Etymology: Scots wabbit, ultimate origin uncertain. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|sco|wabbit}} Scots wabbit Head templates: {{en-adj}} wabbit (comparative more wabbit, superlative most wabbit)
  1. (Scotland) Exhausted, tired. Tags: Scotland
    Sense id: en-wabbit-en-adj-8pUJctxB Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 1 36 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 69 1 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈwæ.bɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-wabbit.wav [Southern-England] Forms: wabbits [plural]
Rhymes: -æbɪt Etymology: Representing pronunciation of rabbit by 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. Etymology templates: {{m|en|rabbit}} rabbit Head templates: {{en-noun}} wabbit (plural wabbits)
  1. (humorous, childish, pronunciation spelling) A rabbit. Tags: childish, humorous, pronunciation-spelling
    Sense id: en-wabbit-en-noun-MFBRF6b0
  2. (computing) 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. Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-wabbit-en-noun-OBIaD~Fr Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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