bunny
A rabbit, especially a juvenile oneA rabbit, especially a juvenile one.
» Bunnies are so cute.
Kaninchen sind so süß.
Кролики такие милые!
Кролики такі милі.
Meaning
13 senses(childish, informal)A rabbit, especially a juvenile one.
Kaninchen, Hase, Häschen
кро́ликkrólik, крольчо́нокkrolʹčónok, за́йчикzájčik
(usually informal) especially a young rabbit
A bunny girl: a nightclub waitress who wears a costume having rabbit ears and tail.
зайкаzajka, кроликkrolik
a young waitress in a nightclub whose costume includes the tail and ears of a rabbit
In basketball, an easy shot (i.e., one right next to the bucket) that is missed.
(dated, euphemistic, slang)A menstrual pad.
Synonym of rabbit (“batsman frequently dismissed by the same bowler”).
(UK, dialectal)A swelling from a blow; a bump.
A sudden enlargement or mass of ore, as opposed to a vein or lode.
(UK, dialectal)A culvert or short covered drain connecting two ditches.
(UK, dialectal)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)Any small drain or culvert.
(UK, dialectal)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)A small pool of water.
Examples
63 sentencesBunnies are so cute.
Кролики такі милі. — lingvokrolik
ruКролики такие милые! — marafon
deKaninchen sind so süß. — mayabe
Tom gave his daughter a stuffed bunny.
I made some bunny-shaped cookies.
Я зробив тістечка в формі кролика. — lingvokrolik
deIch habe hasenförmige Kekse gebacken. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The bunny jumped over the dog.
Кролик перестрибнув через собаку. — lingvokrolik
ruКролик перепрыгнул через собаку. — marafon
deDer Hase sprang über den Hund. — peschiber
That was an evil bunny.
То був злий крілик. — seveleu_dubrovnik
ruЭто был злой кролик. — papersaltserver
deDas war ein böses Kaninchen. — cburgmer
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 1
Origin
Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- From Middle English bony, boni (“swelling, tumor”), from Old FProto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij-
From Middle English bony, boni (“swelling, tumor”), from Old French bugne, buigne (“swelling, lump”), from Old Frankish *bungjo (“swelling, bump”), from Proto-Germanic *bungô, *bunkô (“lump, clump, heap, crowd”). More at bunion, bunch.
From Middle English bune (“hollow stalk or stem, drinking straw”), from Old English bune (“cup, beaker, drinking vessel; reed, cane”), of unknown origin. Related to English bun, boon (“the stalk of flax or hemp less the fibre”), Scots bune, boon, been, see bun, boon. Compare also bunweed.
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Forms
plural: bunniesSynonyms
3 synonyms- (usually informal) especially a young rabbit:bunny rabbit
- a young waitress in a nightclub whose costume includes the tail and ears of a rabbit:bunny girl