Link Centre Dictionary

bunny

UK/ˈbʊni/ US/ˈbʌni/ common informal slang uk

noun

1.

a young waitress in a night club whose costume includes the tail and ears of a rabbit

Synonyms
2.

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).

Phrases

  • angst bunny
  • badge bunny
  • barracks bunny
  • beach bunny
  • beans bunny
  • blushing bunny
  • bridge bunny
  • buckle bunny

Related words

Word family

Broader terms

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.