Definitions
(usually informal) especially a young rabbit
Word origin
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).
Used in a sentence
“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.’”
“Let’s start on the bunny slope.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Young rabbit”5 letters
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