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# bunny

«bunny» in Mova's school dictionary: **a child's or friendly word for a rabbit, especially a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a bunny, bunnies)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A bunny is a child's or friendly word for a rabbit, especially a young or small one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bunny/#m1)

2) (informal) «Bunny» is used in fun names like the Easter Bunny or «gym bunny» (someone who loves the gym). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bunny/#m2)

3) «Bunny» is a hill for beginners in skiing: the bunny slope (US) or nursery slope (UK). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bunny/#m3)

4) A bunny can also be a soft toy shaped like a rabbit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bunny/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and picture books bunnies are soft, cute rabbits. The Easter Bunny brings chocolate eggs in a story many children know. In maths word problems bunnies are counted and grouped like any other animals.

### examples

- The bunny twitched its nose. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bunny/#x1)
- We fed the bunny some carrot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bunny/#x2)
- The Easter Bunny hid chocolate eggs in the garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bunny/#x3)
- There were 4 bunnies in each hutch and 3 hutches. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bunny/#x4)
- My little sister has a toy bunny. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bunny/#x5)
- Beginners start on the bunny slope. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bunny/#x6)
- The bunny hopped across the lawn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bunny/#x7)
- "Give me my Bunny!" he said. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bunny/#x8)

### note

Plural: bunnies (y → ies). It is a cosy, childish word; in science say «rabbit». A baby rabbit is properly called a kit or kitten.

### In the corpora

- [Bugs Bunny munches a carrot in every cartoon, so many people think carrots are what rabbits should eat.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/200-rabbits-hay-not-carrots-binkies-and-teeth-that-never-stop-growing/0/)
- ["zayets" means hare or bunny, and "zaichyk", little hare, is a loving name for a small child.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/22-farm-forest-animals-and-pets/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bunny» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bunny/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.