Definitions

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  • adjective Scotland exhausted, tired
  • noun humorous, childish rabbit
  • noun computing A self-replicating program 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.

Etymologies

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Scots wabbit, ultimate origin uncertain.

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Probably representing pronunciation of rabbit by the cartoon character Elmer Fudd, and referring to the ability of rabbits to multiply quickly.

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  • Exhausted (Scots).

    December 1, 2007

  • "Kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit!"

    October 11, 2009