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Meaning of bunny | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2 Frequent
ˈbʌni

Definitions

  1. A rabbit, especially a juvenile one.
    childish, informal
  2. A swelling from a blow; a bump.
    UK, dialectal
  3. A culvert or short covered drain connecting two ditches.
    UK, dialectal
  4. Bunny chow; a snack of bread filled with curry.
    South-Africa
  5. A rabbit, especially a juvenile one
  6. A village and civil parish in Rushcliffe borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5829).
  7. A bunny girl: a nightclub waitress who wears a costume having rabbit ears and tail.
  8. A sudden enlargement or mass of ore, as opposed to a vein or lode.
  9. 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
  10. A rabbit, especially a young one.
  11. A bunny girl: a nightclub waitress who wears a costume having rabbit ears and tail
  12. In basketball, an easy shot (i.e., one right next to the bucket) that is missed.
  13. Any small drain or culvert.
    UK, dialectal
  14. A person of a specific type: a dumb bunny.
  15. In basketball, an easy shot (i.e., one right next to the bucket) that is missed
  16. A menstrual pad.
    euphemistic, slang
  17. 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
  18. Sports A shot that is uncontested or should be easily made, as in basketball.
    Sports
  19. A menstrual pad
  20. Synonym of rabbit (“batsman frequently dismissed by the same bowler”).
  21. A small pool of water.
    UK, dialectal
  22. Also called: bunny rabbit a child's word for rabbit1
  23. Synonym of rabbit (“batsman frequently dismissed by the same bowler”)
  24. (Professions) Also called: bunny girl a night-club hostess whose costume includes a rabbit-like tail and ears
  25. informal Austral a mug; dupe
    informal
  26. slang a devotee of a specified pastime or activity: a gym bunny; a disco bunny.
    slang
  27. slang Brit talk, esp when inconsequential; chatter
    slang
  28. not a happy bunny slang Brit deeply dissatisfied or discontented
    slang
  29. a rabbit, esp. a small or young one.

Equivalents

العربية الأرنب
Ελληνικά κουνελάκι
Español conejita conejo
Français Bunny
עברית שפן
Magyar nyuszi
Italiano coniglietta
한국어 토끼
Polski króliczek
Português coelhinha
Türkçe kuyan
Українська зайчиха

Examples

“Scary-looking rabbits were hopping around Fort Collins. These weren’t your standard cute, fluffy bunnies; they had horn-like growths protruding from their faces and bodies.”
“‘Gwen has a job as a bunny because says she's sick of sex.’”
“A local chemist remembers: My grandmother made home-made sanitary towels from a type of muslin. They were hand-knitted, washed and re-used. Other women used netting and cotton wool. Home-made towels were known as 'bunnies'.”
“Frustratingly for us, it appeared to be much less of a hassle to purchase an expensive fountain pen, than to find, let alone buy, the smallest bottle of deodorant or a packet of Bunnies (as sanitary towels were nicknamed)!”
“Friar's Cliff and Highcliffe have always been what the second name suggests: cliffs too high to scale easily and with no convenient bunnies, chines or combes.”
“Surfers from Durban grew up on bunnies. You get the curry in the bread with the removed square chunk, used to dunk back in the curry.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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