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  • noun Plural form of jackrabbit.

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Examples

  • Griffith has had his scouts looking for players who will do well on artificial turf — strong arms, "jackrabbits," and boys who "have a lot of cat in 'em" — but if the air in the arena turns out to be hot and light, he'll wish he had signed some home-run hitters instead.

    The Last of the Pure Baseball Men 1981

  • Griffith has had his scouts looking for players who will do well on artificial turf — strong arms, "jackrabbits," and boys who "have a lot of cat in 'em" — but if the air in the arena turns out to be hot and light, he'll wish he had signed some home-run hitters instead.

    The Last of the Pure Baseball Men 1981

  • Now jackrabbits that is a different story I had 2 in one day sommersault and run after getting plastered by soga #4 at 20-25 yds.

    what gun do you like better for rabitts 12.ga or 20.ga? 2009

  • Beneath them, deer and jackrabbits bound down the cracked and pitted streets.

    365 tomorrows » featured writer : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2009

  • He loved that gun, and shot running jackrabbits with it.

    Petzal: .270 vs. 2009

  • Now jackrabbits that is a different story I had 2 in one day sommersault and run after getting plastered by soga #4 at 20-25 yds.

    what gun do you like better for rabitts 12.ga or 20.ga? 2009

  • Every morning in January 2007 there were a dozen jackrabbits and cottontails around the house, digging through the snow for frozen grass.

    Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011

  • Beneath them, deer and jackrabbits bound down the cracked and pitted streets.

    365 tomorrows » 2009 » November : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2009

  • The resident jackrabbits rolled their eyes seductively at Gerald and lay on their backs like cats.

    Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011

  • It certainly isn't the purist's simulated shooting gallery: The free-roaming levels play like a first-person shooter, with weaponry and cartoonish aim to match, so you're free to Rambo across the landscape, mowing down jackrabbits and wild turkeys with impunity — just don't get too close to the odd killer boar.

    Shoot to Thrill Dennis Tang 2011

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