bunny

noun

bun·ny ˈbə-nē

plural bunnies

informal : rabbit

especially : a young rabbit

dated, informal : an attractive young woman

basketball, informal : an easy shot (such as a layup) taken close to the basket

He missed a handful of bunnies around the basket.—

Jeff Greer

Examples of bunny in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The garden in her mother’s backyard is full of hummingbirds and the occasional bunny or raccoon. —

Anna Braz, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2023 Finish the baked bunnies with a sticky-sweet marmalade glaze. —

Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023 Direct their opposite hand to wrap the other lace around the bunny ear. —

Bridget Shirvell, Parents, 27 July 2023 Grab black shirts and shirts, and complete it with bunny ears. —

Juliana Labianca, Good Housekeeping, 21 Aug. 2023 The band called out all of the bunny hats and light sticks in the crowd. —

Kayla Samoy, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2023 There were chicks, piglets, and rats at Christopher Kane; frogs at JW Anderson; ducks at Burberry and S.S. Daley; and bunnies at Chopova Lowena. —

Daniel Rodgers, Glamour, 28 July 2023 Our kiddo was over-the-moon giggly chasing chickens but kept a wary distance from the fuzzy angora bunnies. —

Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 July 2023 Stuffed animals — a bear, a husky, a bunny — surrounded the tree where neighbors stopped to remember her. —

Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2023 See More

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