bunny

English

Etymology

bun +‎ -y

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ˈbʌn.i/
• Rhymes: -ʌni

Noun

bunny (plural bunnies)

1. A rabbit, especially a juvenile.
2. A bunny girl: a nightclub waitress who wears a costume having rabbit ears and tail.
3. (sports) In basketball, an easy shot (i.e., one right next to the bucket) that is missed.

Derived terms

Terms derived from bunny

angst bunny badge bunny bunny girl bunny rabbit

cuddle bunny dust bunny Easter Bunny gym bunny

snuggle bunny that's the bunny bunny wunny

Translations

young rabbit

Catalan: catxap (ca) m., conillet (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 小兔 (zh) (xiǎotù), 小兔子 (zh) (xiǎotùzi) Dutch: konijn (nl) Finnish: pupu (fi), kani (fi) French: lapereau (fr) m. German: Hase (de) m. Hebrew: שפנפן (shfanfan) m., שפנפנה (shfanfana) f. Hungarian: nyuszi (hu) Italian: coniglietto (it) m. Korean: 토끼 (ko) (tokki)

Macedonian: зајаче n. Norwegian: hare (no) m., harepus (no) m. Polish: króliczek (pl) m. Romanian: iepuraș (ro) Russian: (rabbit) кролик (ru) (królik) m., (young rabit) крольчонок (ru) (krol’čónok) m., (young hare) зайчик (ru) (zájčik) m. Sicilian: cunigghieddu (scn) m. Spanish: conejito (es) m., gazapo (es) m. Volapük: (male or female) kroligül (vo), (male) hikroligül (vo), (female) jikroligül (vo), (male or female) krolig yunik (vo), (male) hikrolig yunik (vo), (female) jikrolig yunik (vo)

women in a costume of rabbit ears and tail

Catalan: conilleta (ca) f. Finnish: puputyttö (fi) Hebrew: שפנפנה (shfanfana) f. Hungarian: nyuszi (hu), Play Boy-nyuszi (hu)

Italian: coniglietta (it) f. Polish: króliczek (pl) m. Spanish: conejita (es) f.

Adjective

bunny (comparative more bunny, superlative most bunny)

1. Resembling a bun
2. (not comparable) In skiing, easy or unchallenging.

   Let’s start on the bunny hill.

Synonyms

• (resembling a bun) bunlike
• (easy, unchallenging, of a slope) nursery