bunny

Pronunciation: /ˈbʌni/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a young waitress in a nightclub whose costume includes the tail and ears of a rabbit
  2. noun (usually informal) especially a young rabbit

Etymology

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).

In classic literature

Synonyms

bunny girl

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
waitress

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