Definition of BUNNY

bunny

Meanings

Plural: bunnies

Noun

  • a young waitress in a nightclub whose costume includes the tail and ears of a rabbit
  • (usually informal) especially a young rabbit
  • A rabbit, especially a juvenile one.
  • A bunny girl: a nightclub waitress who wears a costume having rabbit ears and tail.
  • In basketball, an easy shot (i.e., one right next to the bucket) that is missed.
  • A menstrual pad.
  • Synonym of rabbit (“batsman frequently dismissed by the same bowler”).
  • A swelling from a blow; a bump.
  • A sudden enlargement or mass of ore, as opposed to a vein or lode.
  • A culvert or short covered drain connecting two ditches.
  • 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.
  • Any small drain or culvert.
  • 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.
  • A small pool of water.
  • Bunny chow; a snack of bread filled with curry.

Adj

  • Easy or unchallenging.
  • Resembling a bun (small bread roll).

Origin / Etymology

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).

Synonyms

bunlike, bunny girl, bunny rabbit, nursery, rabbit

Scrabble Score: 10

bunny is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
bunny is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
bunny is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

bunny is a valid Words With Friends word