💃 A ballroom dance 🤗 An affectionate hug

bunny hug

9.2

A warm, comforting embrace someone gives to show care

noun

Informal

: abrazo reconfortante

He wrapped her in a bunny hug to comfort her.

Examples

After a tough day, all she wanted was a bunny hug from her mom.
The child calmed down instantly after a gentle bunny hug.
She gave her friend a bunny hug.
After a long day, I need a bunny hug!
After a tough day, all she wanted was a bunny hug from her mom.
He wrapped her in a bunny hug to comfort her.
The child calmed down instantly after a gentle bunny hug.

Synonyms

snuggle

vsbunny hug

Informal

12 2.1

A warm, close hug with a person or pet to show affection

is a warm comforting embrace that may be shorter or brief

Antonyms

rejection

180 3.0

Not being accepted by people or a group

How Affectionate

warmth of someone's embrace

3.1

bear hug

9 3.0

bunny hug

Informal

9.2

pat

∞ 1.0

friendly wave

1 1.0

Surface Forms

bunny hug singular

bunny hugs plural

Morphology

bunny + hug

The meaning 'a warm and comforting embrace' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'bunny' (a small, cute animal often used affectionately) with 'hug' (an embrace). This compound follows a regular modifier+noun pattern where the first element specifies the kind of hug, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the affectionate sense.

Etymology

Bunny hug comes from the idea of holding someone like a soft rabbit—bunny (rabbit) plus hug (embrace)—and that image explains why it now means 'a warm and comforting embrace'.