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bunny.

A rabbit, especially a juvenile one.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbʌni/General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ˈbʊni/Northern-England/ˈbʌne/Scotland
  1. A rabbit, especially a juvenile one.

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

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

  4. A menstrual pad.

    dated · euphemistic · slang
  5. Synonym of rabbit (“batsman frequently dismissed by the same bowler”).

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Scottish Gaelic bunder.? Scots bunbor.? English bun Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English bunny From bun (“rabbit”) + -y (diminutive suffix). Probably from Scottish Gaelic bun (“bottom, butt, stump, stub”), from Old Irish bun (“the thick end of anything, base, butt, foot”), from Proto-Celtic *bonus, though its origin is uncertain. Compare also English bum. Together with rabbit, bunny has largely displaced its former rhyme cony (see cony for more).

adj/ˈbʌni/General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ˈbʊni/Northern-England/ˈbʌne/Scotland
  1. Easy or unchallenging.

    Let’s start on the bunny slope.
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Scottish Gaelic bunder.? Scots bunbor.? English bun Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English bunny From bun (“rabbit”) + -y (diminutive suffix). Probably from Scottish Gaelic bun (“bottom, butt, stump, stub”), from Old Irish bun (“the thick end of anything, base, butt, foot”), from Proto-Celtic *bonus, though its origin is uncertain. Compare also English bum. Together with rabbit, bunny has largely displaced its former rhyme cony (see cony for more).

noun/ˈbʌni/General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ˈbʊni/Northern-England/ˈbʌne/Scotland
  1. A swelling from a blow; a bump.

    UK · dialectal
  2. A sudden enlargement or mass of ore, as opposed to a vein or lode.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English bony, boni (“swelling, tumor”), from Old French bugne, buigne (“swelling, lump”), from Old Frankish *bungjo (“swelling, bump”), from Proto-Germanic *bungô, *bunkô (“lump, clump, heap, crowd”). More at bunion, bunch.

noun/ˈbʌni/General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ˈbʊni/Northern-England/ˈbʌne/Scotland
  1. A culvert or short covered drain connecting two ditches.

    UK · dialectal
  2. 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.

    UK · dialectal
  3. Any small drain or culvert.

    UK · dialectal
  4. 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.

    UK · dialectal
  5. A small pool of water.

    UK · dialectal
Where this word comes from

From Middle English bune (“hollow stalk or stem, drinking straw”), from Old English bune (“cup, beaker, drinking vessel; reed, cane”), of unknown origin. Related to English bun, boon (“the stalk of flax or hemp less the fibre”), Scots bune, boon, been, see bun, boon. Compare also bunweed.

noun/ˈbʌni/General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ˈbʊni/Northern-England/ˈbʌne/Scotland
  1. Bunny chow; a snack of bread filled with curry.

    South-Africa
adj/ˈbʌni/General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ˈbʊni/Northern-England/ˈbʌne/Scotland
  1. Resembling a bun (small bread roll).

    humorous · rare
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Scottish Gaelic bunder.? Scots bunbor.? English bun Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English bunny From bun (“small bread roll”) + -y.

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