R rabbit, n. cottontail, cony, Inf. bunny, Inf. bunny rabbit; jack rabbit, hare, leveret; Peter Rabbit, Peter Cottontail, Easter bunny. rabble, n. 1. crowd, mob, throng; horde; Inf. mob scene, rout, surge.
2. the rabble the common people, commonalty, the masses, the hoi polloi, proletariat, rank and file, commoners, the lower classes, peasantry; trash, riffraff, canaille, doggery, Inf. the great unwashed, scum, ragtag and bobtail, flotsam and jetsam, dregs of society, outcasts, vermin, rabble-rouser, n. demagogue, soap-box orator, agitator; inciter, instigator, provoker, fomenter, agitprop, SI. labor baiter, Fr. agent provocateur; firebrand, incendiary, rebel, revolutionary, insurgent, insurrectionist, radical; troublemaker, SI. hell-raiser, mischief-maker, stormy petrel, ringleader. rabid, adj. 1. extreme, extremist, fanatical, perfervid, overzealous, overenthusiastic; unreasonable, irrational.
2. raging, raving, frenzied, frenetic, frantic, wildeyed, blue in the face; furious, violent, wild, infuriate, maniacal, Inf. hog-wild, Inf. raving mad, Inf. stark raving mad; hysterical, distracted, carried away, beside oneself, like one possessed; amuck, berserk.
3. mad, insane, deranged; Pathol, hydrophobic, foaming or frothing at the mouth. race1, n. 1. footrace, sprint, dash, relay, crosscountry, marathon; heat, lap; horse race, steeplechase, handicap; road race, drag race, drag, Grand Prix; road rally or rally; soapbox derby; (motorcycling) moto-cross or moto-x, (motorcycling) enduro; regatta.
2. races derby, sweepstakes; the horses, the ponies, the trotters, the sulkies; the dogs.
3. contest, competition, contention.
4. progress, progression, advance, advancement, onward movement or progression.
5. channel, waterway, watercourse, course, chute, flume, sluice, spillway.
6. flow, flux, efflux, outpour, outflow; rush, surge, gush; flood, torrent, river; millstream, millrace, Chiefly Brit, raceway.
-v. 7. run, dash, dart, bolt, tear, bowl along, cover ground, make strides; sprint, fly, flit, whiz, whisk; zoom, zip, career, rip, scour, scud, scorch, burn up the road, outstrip the wind, race like the wind, go or be off like a shot, Chiefly Brit, hare, Inf clip, Inf. barrel, Inf. pour it on.
8. haste, make haste, speed, hustle, hurry, post, rush, scramble, step lively, double-time, Inf. hump it;