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bunny(2)(dictionary)
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Easter Bunny(dictionary)
Bugs Bunny(dictionary)

bunny(2) (iou)



bunny noun2. E17.
[from BUN noun4 + -Y6.]
Used as a term of endearment to a person. Only in 17.
(A pet name for) a rabbit. L17.
b. More fully bunny girl. A club hostess wearing a brief costume suggestive of a rabbit. M20.
Comb.: bunny-boiler [with ref. to the film Fatal Attraction, in which a jilted mistress boils her lover's pet rabbit] colloq. a woman who is vindictive after having been spurned by her lover; bunny girl: see sense 2b above; bunny-hug a dance in ragtime rhythm with close contact between partners; bunny-hugger (a) a person who dances the bunny-hug; (b) colloq. & derog. an animal lover; a conservationist.