bunny suit
noun
1
: a costume or garment that is imitative of a rabbit and typically has large, often pink ears
… Nicholson would wear a pink bunny suit at Easter and walk around the offices giving out candy.—
Marty Hughley
Marty Hughley2
: a usually white garment that covers the entire body and that is worn by workers to prevent contamination (as in a clean room)
Examples of bunny suit in a Sentence
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When speaking to Jada Pinkett Smith on Red Table Talk in 2021, Keanu revealed that his mother made Parton’s iconic bunny suit for her famous 1978 Playboy cover.
—Keith Langston, Peoplemag, 16 Mar. 2024
In the clean room, personnel wore bunny suits covering their clothing, shoes, and hair to ensure that fabric fibers, hair, and skin cells didn’t contaminate the container.
—WIRED, 26 Sep. 2023
The Masked Singer host, 42, made sure to spend time with each of his kids on Sunday, visiting with all 11 children and taking several photos with his little ones while dressed up in an Easter bunny suit.
—Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2023
To enter the farm, Kawasaki and I don clean-room bunny suits, face masks, and rubber boots, step on a sticky mat, walk through an air shower, and exit into the plant room.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 June 2018
Ann Eden, dancing onstage, was mesmerizing to him—charismatic and unrestrained, whether dancing provocatively on the stage or circulating among the customers in her little bunny suit.
—Town & Country, 1 Nov. 2022
The cover model struck fierce poses in head-to-toe iconic Playboy bunny garb, including a racy black bunny suit, bowtie and matching bunny ears.
—Tristan Balagtas, PEOPLE.com, 4 Oct. 2021
With approval of the mayor’s office and Rocky River police, Kate asked around for a volunteer to don the bunny suit.
—John Kuntz, cleveland, 4 Apr. 2020
Our costume designer made me a couture burlesque bunny suit.
—Ruth Kinane, EW.com, 5 Dec. 2019
Keith Langston, Peoplemag, 16 Mar. 2024
In the clean room, personnel wore bunny suits covering their clothing, shoes, and hair to ensure that fabric fibers, hair, and skin cells didn’t contaminate the container.
—WIRED, 26 Sep. 2023
The Masked Singer host, 42, made sure to spend time with each of his kids on Sunday, visiting with all 11 children and taking several photos with his little ones while dressed up in an Easter bunny suit.
—Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2023
To enter the farm, Kawasaki and I don clean-room bunny suits, face masks, and rubber boots, step on a sticky mat, walk through an air shower, and exit into the plant room.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 June 2018
Ann Eden, dancing onstage, was mesmerizing to him—charismatic and unrestrained, whether dancing provocatively on the stage or circulating among the customers in her little bunny suit.
—Town & Country, 1 Nov. 2022
The cover model struck fierce poses in head-to-toe iconic Playboy bunny garb, including a racy black bunny suit, bowtie and matching bunny ears.
—Tristan Balagtas, PEOPLE.com, 4 Oct. 2021
With approval of the mayor’s office and Rocky River police, Kate asked around for a volunteer to don the bunny suit.
—John Kuntz, cleveland, 4 Apr. 2020
Our costume designer made me a couture burlesque bunny suit.
—Ruth Kinane, EW.com, 5 Dec. 2019
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Word History
First Known Use
1916, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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