Welsh rabbit or Welsh rarebit see rarebit under rare¹

Welsh terrier noun

A terrier with a rough black-and-tan coat

rabbit¹ /rabˈit/

1. A small burrowing mammal of any of several genera of the family Leporidae, related to the hare
2. Its flesh (as food)
3. Its fur
4. An inferior player at golf, cricket, etc
5. A timid person
6. An unimportant, insignificant person
7. Same as go-devil (see under go¹) (mining)
8. (in pl; also white rabbits) spoken before anything else on the first day of the month, to invoke good luck

1. To hunt rabbits
2. To talk at length and in a rambling fashion (informal; often with on; orig rhyming slang rabbit and pork, talk)

rabbˈiter noun

A person who hunts rabbits

rabbˈitry noun

1. A place where rabbits are kept
2. The practice of playing as a rabbit in games

rabbˈity adjective

rabbit fever noun

Another term for tularaemia

rabbˈitfish noun

1. A cartilaginous fish of the genus Chimaera
2. Any of several other fish thought to resemble a rabbit

rabbit food noun (derog inf)

Salad or other vegetables eaten raw

rabbit hole noun

A rabbit's burrow

rabbit hutch noun

A box for housing rabbits

rabbit punch noun

A blow on the back of the neck

rabbˈit-squirrel noun

A viscacha of the genus Lagidium, found in the mountainous parts of western S America

rabbˈit-sucker noun (Shakespeare)

A sucking rabbit

rabbit warren see under warren¹

be at it like rabbits (slang)

To have sexual intercourse frequently and eagerly

Welsh rabbit see rarebit under rare¹

white rabbits see rabbit (n) above.

rare¹ /rār/

1. Seldom encountered
2. Uncommon
3. Excellent
4. Especially good
5. Extraordinary
6. Used as a mere intensive, esp with and (informal)
7. (of the atmosphere) thin
8. Not dense
9. Sparse

rarefacˈtion /rār-i- or rar-i-/ noun

Rarefying

rarefacˈtive adjective

rarˈefīable adjective

rarˈefied adjective

1. (of the atmosphere) thin
2. Refined, exclusive
3. Esoteric

rarˈefy transitive verb and intransitive verb (rarˈefying; rarˈefied)

To make or become less dense, to refine

rāreˈly adverb

1. Seldom
2. Choicely
3. Remarkably well

rāreˈness noun

rarity /rārˈ or rarˈi-ti/ noun

1. The state of being rare
2. Thinness
3. Something valued for its scarcity
4. Uncommonness

rare bird noun

An exceptional person or thing

rareˈbit noun

(often called Welsh rarebit) melted cheese, with or without ale, on hot toast (also rabbit or Welsh rabbit)

rare earth noun

1. An oxide of a rare-earth element, any of a group of metallic elements (some of them rare) closely similar in chemical properties and very difficult to separate
2. Now more usu a rare-earth element itself

rare gas noun

Inert gas

rare groove noun

A genre of music that mixes 1970s soul and funk with sampling and electronically generated sounds