Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

brer rabbit

/bɹʌˈɹæbɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.97 in modern English

Syllables: br-er rab-bit
IPA: /bɹʌˈɹæbɪt/

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The hero of the Uncle Remus stories.

name

Any specific rabbit; used to personify a rabbit in a story

name

Any trickster, or unusually quick and clever, figure.

Example Sentences

"who believe that Microsoft actually wants to be broken up (the Brer Rabbit solution),"
"BRER RABBIT came pacing down the road, lippity-clippity, clippity-lippity, just as sassy as a jaybird. And then he saw Chester the dog, who might just as well have been Brer Fox."
"Mr. Smith, the Brer Rabbit of House of Commons Leaders, "lay low and said nuffin.""
"He was the "Br'er Rabbit" of politics — he lay low so that the hunters of the other side could not see him to point their guns at him."
"It was the combination of a super-smooth shooting dog of radiant style and talent, and a Br'er Rabbit handler that stayed one bounce ahead of the fox."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /bɹʌˈɹæbɪt/

Inflected Forms

Br'er Rabbit (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce brer rabbit?: The recorded pronunciation is /bɹʌˈɹæbɪt/.
What does brer rabbit mean?: The hero of the Uncle Remus stories.

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