gym bunny
- noun
- /dʒɪm ˈbʌni/
- Slang
:
aficionado al gimnasio
- Many gym bunnies follow strict fitness regimens to achieve their health goals.
Examples
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I'm a fat gym bunny.
Blog text (13) -
My fiancé, a gym-bunny, trotted down to the gym last night and found it, 'On Strike.'
Blog text (4) -
In my two weeks there, I have seen a few of the young, thin, muscular, tightly-clothed "gym bunny" body types that make up the majority of 24 Hour and the college Rec Centers' population; however, I have also seen an even greater number of people with a diverse range of body shapes and sizes, not to mention genders, ethnicities, and apparent sexual orientations.
Blog text (13) -
She is a dedicated gym bunny who works out every morning before work.
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As a gym bunny, he spends hours at the gym perfecting his strength and endurance.
Synonyms
3
2.7
A person who regularly does physical activity to stay fit
2
7.7
A person who spends a lot of time exercising in a gym
Antonyms
How Dedicated
- Slang
3
2.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
gym + bunny
The compound is partly inferable: 'gym' clearly signals the setting/activity, and English colloquial patterns (e.g. 'beach bunny') use 'bunny' to label a person associated with a place or pastime, so a learner could guess 'person who frequents the gym'. However, the specific social/pragmatic nuances of 'bunny' (playful tone, possible gendering, and the generalized sense 'enthusiast') are idiomatic and not fully predictable from the literal words, so a B1 learner may not arrive at the precise meaning without exposure.
Etymology
Gym bunny may come from older phrases like 'beach bunny', where bunny meant a person who loves and often goes to a place. So a gym bunny is someone who spends a lot of time at the gym, which is why it means 'a person who often goes to the gym and loves exercise'.