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
2
: a usually white garment that covers the entire body and that is worn by workers to prevent contamination (as in a clean room)

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Chips could be destroyed by even a speck of dust, so factories became impregnable clean rooms, their workers clad in bunny suits. — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026 Feminist Gloria Steinem, who died last week, hopped in a bunny suit so other women writers could leap. — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026 By the end of the film, Steve is revealed to be Afton, who wears an animatronic bunny suit while committing his heinous crimes. — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026 Enjoy Ralphie’s pink bunny suit on the big screen. — Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 5 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bunny suit

Word History

First Known Use

1916, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of bunny suit was in 1916

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“Bunny suit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bunny%20suit. Accessed 23 Oct. 2026.

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