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bunn
English
Noun
bunn (plural bunns)
- Archaic form of bun (“sweetened bread roll”).
- 1816, Joshua E. White, Letters on England
- Such is the general hurry and confusion in the principal streets, such as Castle Street, Lord Street, Pool Lane, Paradise Street, &c. that often passengers take up a bunn, a cake, or some fruit, as they pass the shop of a confectioner or fruit-seller, without stopping, and throw in the pay without inquiring the price.
- 1856, Lucius Manlius Sargent, Dealings with the Dead (volume 2, page 472)
- "Oh," she replied, "when I came to think of it, I saw, that you were right. I thought, 'twas quite likely it would draw a blank. Crust, the baker, offered me what I gave for it, and a sheet of bunns, to boot, and I let him have it, three weeks ago. […]
- 1816, Joshua E. White, Letters on England
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- botn (Nynorsk also)
Etymology
From Danish bund, Old Danish botn, from Old Norse botn, from Proto-Germanic *butmaz. Doublet of botn.
Noun
bunn m (definite singular bunnen, indefinite plural bunner, definite plural bunnene)
- bottom (lowermost part)
Derived terms
References
- “bunn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
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bunny
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /?b?ni/
- Rhymes: -?ni
- Hyphenation: bun?ny
Etymology 1
From bun (“rabbit”) +? -y, though its ultimate origin is unknown. Together with rabbit, bunny has largely displaced its rhyme cony.
Noun
bunny (plural bunnies)
- A rabbit, especially a juvenile.
- A bunny girl: a nightclub waitress who wears a costume having rabbit ears and tail.
- (sports) In basketball, an easy shot (i.e., one right next to the bucket) that is missed.
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
bunny (comparative bunnier, superlative bunniest)
- (skiing) Easy or unchallenging.
- Let’s start on the bunny slope.
Synonyms
- (easy or unchallenging): nursery
Etymology 2
From Middle English bony, boni (“swelling, tumor”), from Old French bugne, buigne (“swelling, lump”), from Old Frankish *bungjo (“swelling, bump”), from Proto-Germanic *bungô, *bunkô (“lump, clump, heap, crowd”). More at bunion, bunch.
Alternative forms
- bunney, bonie
Noun
bunny (plural bunnies)
- (Britain dialectal) A swelling from a blow; a bump.
- (mining) A sudden enlargement or mass of ore, as opposed to a vein or lode.
Etymology 3
From Middle English bune (“hollow stalk or stem, drinking straw”), from Old English bune (“cup, beaker, drinking vessel; reed, cane”), of unknown origin. Related to English bun, boon (“the stalk of flax or hemp less the fibre”), Scots bune, boon, been, see bun, boon. Compare also bunweed.
Noun
bunny (plural bunnies)
- (Britain dialectal) A culvert or short covered drain connecting two ditches.
- (Britain dialectal) A chine or gully formed by water running over the edge of a cliff; a wooded glen or small ravine opening through the cliff line to the sea.
- 1983, Geoffrey Morley, Smuggling in Hampshire and Dorset, 1700-1850 (page 72)
- Friar's Cliff and Highcliffe have always been what the second name suggests: cliffs too high to scale easily and with no convenient bunnies, chines or combes.
- 1983, Geoffrey Morley, Smuggling in Hampshire and Dorset, 1700-1850 (page 72)
- (Britain dialectal) Any small drain or culvert.
- (Britain dialectal) A brick arch or wooden bridge, covered with earth across a drawn or carriage in a water-meadow, just wide enough to allow a hay-wagon to pass over.
- (Britain dialectal) A small pool of water.
Etymology 4
Noun
bunny (plural bunnies)
- (South Africa) Bunny chow; a snack of bread filled with curry.
Etymology 5
From bun (“small bread roll”) +? -y.
Adjective
bunny (comparative more bunny or bunnier, superlative most bunny or bunniest)
- (rare, humorous) Resembling a bun (small bread roll). [since the 1960s, but always rare]
Synonyms
- (resembling a bun): bunlike
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