wabbit

Exhausted; tired.

Adjective

  1. Exhausted; tired.

Origin

Scots wabbit, ultimate origin uncertain.

Forms

more wabbit most wabbit

Noun

  1. A rabbit.
  2. A self-replicating computer process 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.
    • For example, a hacker might write a quine virus program that generates complete copies of itself as part of its output, a worm virus program that reproduces itself across a network, or a wabbit virus program designed to...

    Coordinate Terms: fork bomb

Origin

Pronunciation spelling of rabbit representing the pronunciation of children and some adults who have trouble saying the English /r/ (the cartoon character Elmer Fudd is a caricature of the latter). Computing sense refers to the ability of rabbits to multiply quickly.

Forms

wabbits