Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A rabbit, especially a young one.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A gully formed by water making its way over the edge of a cliff.
- n. A pet name for a rabbit.
- n. A swelling from a blow; a bump.
- n. Same as bonny.
Wiktionary
- n. A swelling from a blow; a bump.
- n. mining A sudden enlargement or mass of ore, as opposed to a vein or lode.
- adj. Resembling a bun
- n. A culvert or short covered drain connecting two ditches.
- n. A chine or gully formed by water running over the edge of a cliff; a wooded glen or small ravine opening through the cliff line to the sea.
- n. Any small drain or culvert.
- n. A brick arch or wooden bridge, covered with earth across a drawn or carriage in a water-meadow, just wide enough to allow a hay-wagon to pass over.
- n. A small pool of water.
- n. A rabbit, especially a juvenile.
- n. A bunny girl: a nightclub waitress who wears a costume having rabbit ears and tail.
- n. sports In basketball, an easy shot (i.e., one right next to the bucket) that is missed.
- n. South Africa bunny chow; a snack of bread filled with curry
- adj. not comparable In skiing, easy or unchallenging.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Mining) A great collection of ore without any vein coming into it or going out from it.
- n. A pet name for a rabbit or a squirrel.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a young waitress in a nightclub whose costume includes the tail and ears of a rabbit
- n. (usually informal) especially a young rabbit
Etymologies
- From bun (“small breadroll”) + -y. (Wiktionary)
- From dialectal bun, tail of a rabbit; see bun3. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Talk about bringing new meaning to the term bunny slope”
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“Just last night I received what I call a bunny facial -- a thorough grooming of my face with a little bunny tongue at 1 a.m. when one of my rabbits decided I needed it.”
“Watercolor, ink, and potato prints; and the bunny is adorable.”
“Marshall-Stacks said ... children can be traumatised by the loss of a favourite huggy thing, and I guess the nice people know that a missing bunny is Very Significant in a life out there somewhere.”
“I freaked out over the “baby bunny in the forest oh LOOK baby bunny is dead blood everywhere” stories that daughter wrote (dictated) and illustrated in preschool.”
“And that picture of the easter bunny is my favorite picture ever taken.”
Waldo Jaquith - 1920s-1960s Richmond photo archives on Flickr.
“The pink bunny is the mascot character of the not-very-sadly missed English school, Nova, which succumbed to market forces last year, although the name has been bought out and the rabbit has returned from the grave and been spotted in television advertisements.”
“A chocolate Easter bunny is - in addition to Creme Eggs and Peeps, of course - an Easter candy staple.”
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“The yelling about blood all over the carpet rather then concern over the bunny is CLASSIC!”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘bunny’.
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buttocks
words for buttocks and anything
to do with buttockssteatopygia, callipygous, callipygian, tuchis, tot, stern, seat, rear, rump, keisterrump, fundament, fanny and 160 more...
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old timey talk
Words or Sayings from the 1920's or whatever that no one really uses anymore (at least in that context).
scram, bearcat, heavens to betsy, dick, double-cross, ducky, gams, goofy, hooch, jalopy, john, joe and 174 more...
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You animal!
Names of animals that are also used to describe kinds of people. Nouns only, preferably single word.
For a related list, see sionnach's beastly verbs.rabbit, shark, hog, pussycat, bear, bull, skunk, hawk, wildcat, buck, slug, heifer and 112 more...
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O.o
Things that give you a warm fuzzy sort of feeling.
crumpet, cream puff, bubbles, packed lunch, prezzies, stars, pillow, rain, old books, sheep, bikkie, lollipop and 41 more...
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Meat
sausage, pepperoni, pork chop, ham, tongue, fricandeau, veal, tenderloin, mutton, boeuf, terefah, gammon and 33 more...
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Words that start with B
butterfly, brain, broom, break, brick, brilliant, bubbles, balloons, bananas, bow, book, bunny and 37 more...
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Double Letter words
Here is a list of Double Letter Words! Everyone is welcome to add some more words if needed!
bubbles, gallop, wheel, follow, grasshopper, bunny, rabbit, summer, groovy, puppy, fitness, greetings and 65 more...
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Hoppers
bunnies, Dennis Hopper, Edward Hopper, chopper, shopper, hopper, Hopper, hoppers, sand hopper, someone on a pogo..., bell-hopper, bobby soxer and 45 more...
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animals (2 syllable)
A list of common animal names. Keep the list to 2 syllable words.No scientific names. No proper names like 'Fluffy' the elephant.Insects and other creatures (even ficticious like 'dragon') are we...
baboon, rabbit, raptor, dragon, camel, hornet, llama, cobra, cheetah, penguin, puppy, dolphin and 87 more...
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Squirrels! Squirrels! Squirrels!
All squirrels, all the time.
(For a more specific list about the squirrels in my neighborhood, see here.)squirrel, squirrels, pink squirrel, Squirrel Nut Zippers, ground squirrel, Sciuridae, parka squirrel, Rocket J. Squirrel, Rocky the Flying ..., moiré squirrel, suslik, mantled ground sq... and 66 more...
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Nouny
calumny, parsimony, gluttony, alimony, sanctimony, harmony, miscegeny, telephony, colony, antimony, larceny, mahogany and 26 more...
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Childhood
Hula-Hoop, fairies, twirl, twinkle, glitter, candyland, firefly, June bug, wonderland, Alice-in-Wonderland, bedtime stories, spelling bee and 27 more...
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♥
ambrosia, inamorata, gossamer, lily-white, hummingbird, roucoulement, poppy, daisy, calypso, lunula, lamb, dove and 1526 more...
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What's That Pokémon Name?
Words used to create the names of Pokémon, which are usually portmanteaux.
bulb, dinosaur, ivy, venus, char, salamander, squirt, turtle, blast, tortoise, water, caterpillar and 525 more...
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Animals (besides pottos)
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robin, wagtail, frog, bunny, pronk, rabbit, fur, badger, mouse, bee, crepuscular, purr and 140 more...
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Fun Words
Words that are fun to say....
gobbledygook, jings, crivens, hullabaloo, wheech, brouhaha, pizzazz, harum-scarum, namby-pamby, pussyfoot, frippery, pitter-patter and 333 more...
Tweets
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Awesome bunny! (copied from oroboros)
I always thought the only meaning for this was 'rabbit'. It's the only one I ever use for sure! Jul 26, 2009
dontcry What a perv! Aug 5, 2008
reesetee See arugula. Aug 4, 2008
sionnach Just for the articles, I'm sure. Aug 4, 2008
bilby We know what WeirdNet's been reading :-( Aug 4, 2008
plethora Weirdnet! Aug 3, 2008
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