rabbit vs scram

rabbit

verb
  • To flee. 

  • Confound; damn; drat. 

  • To talk incessantly and in a childish manner; to babble annoyingly. 

  • To hunt rabbits. 

noun
  • A runner in a distance race whose goal is mainly to set the pace, either to tire a specific rival so that a teammate can win or to help another break a record; a pacesetter. 

  • A mammal of the family Leporidae, with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail. 

  • A pneumatically-controlled tool used to insert small samples of material inside the core of a nuclear reactor. 

  • A large element at the beginning of a list of items to be bubble sorted, and thus tending to be quickly swapped into its correct position. Compare turtle. 

  • A very poor batsman; selected as a bowler or wicket-keeper. 

  • The meat from this animal. 

  • The fur of a rabbit typically used to imitate another animal's fur. 

  • Rarebit; Welsh rabbit or a similar dish: melted cheese served atop toast. 

scram

verb
  • To leave in a hurry; to go away. 

  • To scratch (something) with claws or fingernails; to claw. 

  • Of a nuclear reactor or some other thing: to shut down, usually because of an emergency. 

  • To shut down (a nuclear reactor or, by extension, some other thing) for safety reasons, usually because of an emergency. 

noun
  • A shutdown of a nuclear reactor (or, by extension, some other thing), often done rapidly due to an emergency. 

  • The device used to shut down a nuclear reactor; also, the button or switch used to initiate a shutdown. 

  • A scratch, especially caused by claws or fingernails. 

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