# bunny

Pronunciation: say "BUN-ee" /ˈbʌni/

## Noun

1. A rabbit, especially a young one. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: A rabbit, especially a baby rabbit.
   - _A little brown bunny was nibbling the lettuce in our garden this morning._
   - _Our daughter begged us to adopt one of the shelter's bunnies._
3. A waitress at a nightclub who wears a costume with rabbit ears and a tail; a bunny girl.
   - Simple: A woman who works as a waitress in a nightclub, wearing a costume with rabbit ears and a tail.
   - _Before she became an actress, she spent two years as a bunny in a downtown nightclub._
   - _The club's bunnies had to keep their ears and tails spotless for every shift._
4. A snack of hollowed-out bread filled with curry, also called bunny chow. *(South Africa)*
   - Simple: A snack made from bread with the inside taken out and filled with curry.
   - _After a morning in the surf, we queued for a quarter bunny with chicken curry._
   - _The takeaway on the corner sells mutton and bean bunnies until midnight._
5. In cricket, a batsman whom one particular bowler dismisses again and again.
   - Simple: In cricket, a batsman who keeps getting out to the same bowler.
   - _The opener was the fast bowler's bunny, falling to him in five straight innings._
   - _Left-handers were his bunnies, and he dismissed them cheaply all series._

## Adjective

2. In skiing, easy and not at all challenging, especially of a slope or hill.
   - Simple: Easy to ski on, used about a gentle slope or hill.
   - _Most resorts put the bunny slope right beside the lodge, where beginners can practice._
   - _After two days on the bunny hill, the kids were ready for a real run._

## Adjective

6. Bun-like; having the qualities of a small bread roll. *(rare)*
   - Simple: Like a small bread roll.

## Other meanings

- (noun) A slang, euphemistic name for a menstrual pad, used to avoid naming it directly.
- (noun) A bump or swelling caused by a blow.
- (noun) In mining, a sudden swelling or mass of ore, as distinct from a vein or lode.
- (noun) A chine or gully worn by water running over a cliff edge; also, a wooded glen or small ravine that opens through a line of cliffs to the sea.
- (noun) A small drain or culvert, especially a short covered one linking two ditches.
- (noun) A small pool of water.
- (noun) A brick arch or wooden bridge covered with earth, spanning a channel in a water meadow and just wide enough for a hay wagon to cross.

## Origin

**Meanings 1–3, 5** — From bun (“rabbit”) + the diminutive suffix -y. Bun probably comes from Scottish Gaelic bun (“bottom, butt, stump”), from Old Irish bun (“the thick end of anything, base”) and Proto-Celtic *bonus, though its origin is uncertain. Together with rabbit, bunny has largely replaced the older word cony, which once rhymed with it.
**Meaning 6** — Formed from bun (“small bread roll”) + -y.

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