bunny

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/ˈbʌni/

noun 13adj 2name 1

Collocations

ADJ.

angry, bunniest, dumb, evil, lay, over, stuffed

The evil bunny escaped from its cage and ate all the vegetables in the garden.

VERB + BUNNY

know, start, wore

She wore a bunny costume to the Halloween party last night.

BUNNY + NOUN

eggs, hills, i've, ohio, possum, rabbit, she's, slippers

The children hunted for bunny eggs hidden throughout the backyard on Easter morning.

PREP.

in, in, on, with

The little girl played with her stuffed bunny every night before bed.

ADV.

actually, such

My daughter was actually scared of the bunny at the petting zoo.

Definitions

noun

A rabbit, especially a juvenile one.

Scary-looking rabbits were hopping around Fort Collins. These weren’t your standard cute, fluffy bunnies; they had horn-like growths protruding from their faces and bodies.

A bunny girl: a nightclub waitress who wears a costume having rabbit ears and tail.

‘Gwen has a job as a bunny because says she's sick of sex.’

In basketball, an easy shot (i.e., one right next to the bucket) that is missed.

A menstrual pad.

A local chemist remembers: My grandmother made home-made sanitary towels from a type of muslin. They were hand-knitted, washed and re-used. Other women used netting and cotton wool. Home-made towels were known as 'bunnies'.

Frustratingly for us, it appeared to be much less of a hassle to purchase an expensive fountain pen, than to find, let alone buy, the smallest bottle of deodorant or a packet of Bunnies (as sanitary towels were nicknamed)!

Synonym of rabbit (“batsman frequently dismissed by the same bowler”).

adj

Easy or unchallenging.

Let’s start on the bunny slope.

We are on the bunniest of bunny hills. I've fallen no fewer than six times and I love every minute of it.

noun

A swelling from a blow; a bump.

A sudden enlargement or mass of ore, as opposed to a vein or lode.

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Idioms & Phrases

bunny hug

A hoodie; a sweatshirt with a hood lacking a zipper.

bunny hop

A dance from the big band era, a variation of the conga, in which dancers made small jumps with feet together.

badge bunny

A woman who is romantically attracted to police officers and who seeks out their companionship.

"She could be . . . a cop groupie or a badge bunny, one of those kind of people."

snuggle bunny

A romantic partner, child, pet, stuffed animal, etc. which is an object of affection and which provides comfort through physical contact.

"So you're wanting to find a little 'intense physical affection'?" "Oh, my! That's a bit crude, isn't it?" "Well, then may I suggest my favorite euphemism: 'snugglebunnies'."

Energizer bunny

A person who seems to have limitless energy and endurance.

Example Bank

Scary-looking rabbits were hopping around Fort Collins. These weren’t your standard cute, fluffy bunnies; they had horn-like growths protruding from their faces and bodies.

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‘Gwen has a job as a bunny because says she's sick of sex.’

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Let’s start on the bunny slope.

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We are on the bunniest of bunny hills. I've fallen no fewer than six times and I love every minute of it.

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Friar's Cliff and Highcliffe have always been what the second name suggests: cliffs too high to scale easily and with no convenient bunnies, chines or combes.

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Usage Notes

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In some senses, bunny is marked as informal, slang, euphemistic, UK, humorous. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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