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dust bunny

Syllables: dust bun·nyUK/ˈdʌst bʌni/

dust bunny noun: a small clump of dust, fluff, hair, particles of skin, etc., that tends to accumulate indoors in areas not regularly dusted, such as under heavy furniture.

dust bunny: a small clump of dust, fluff, hair, particles of skin, etc., that tends to accumulate indoors in...
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Noun

dust bunny (plural dust bunnies)

  1. (US, informal) A small clump of dust, fluff, hair, particles of skin, etc., that tends to accumulate indoors in areas not regularly dusted, such as under heavy furniture.
    • WASHINGTON: The common American household Dust Bunny has been designated as an endangered species, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USF&WS) announced last week. "The widespread use of household cleaning products and devices has drastically reduced the habitat of the Dust Bunny," said Noah Present...2008, Hugh A. Holub, “Dust Bunnies Designated Endangered Species: 25% of Homes Declared Critical Habitat”, in Deer Seen as Terrorist Threat and Other Stories, [Raleigh, N.C.]: Lulu, →ISBN, page 83
    • About 3.6 billion years ago, the sun and its planets coalesced from a cloud of stellar debris, probably helped along by the push from the explosion of a nearby supernova. The particles of cosmic dust began sticking together by static electricity, the same force that forms dust bunnies under your...2016 August 28, Dale Gnidovec, “Geology: Chemically unique meteorite found in quarry might be ‘extinct’”, in The Columbus Dispatch, archived from the original on 29 Aug 2016

Examples of dust bunny in a sentence

  • WASHINGTON: The common American household Dust Bunny has been designated as an endangered species, the U.S.2008, Hugh A. Holub, “Dust Bunnies Designated Endangered Species: 25% of Homes Declared Critical Habitat”, in Deer Seen as Terrorist Threat...
  • Not only is Mars' lumpy, crusted-over dust bunny of a moon destined to be ripped to pieces in 10 million years, it seems the poor thing can't stop punching itself.2016 August 31, Maddie Stone, “We finally know what caused those mysterious craters on Phobos”, in Gizmodo Australia, archived from the...

Synonyms of dust bunny

All synonyms of dust bunny

Forms of dust bunny

pluraldust bunnies

Questions about dust bunny

What does dust bunny mean?
Dust bunny means a small clump of dust, fluff, hair, particles of skin, etc., that tends to accumulate indoors in areas not regularly dusted, such as under heavy furniture.
How do you use dust bunny in a sentence?
WASHINGTON: The common American household Dust Bunny has been designated as an endangered species, the U.S.
What part of speech is dust bunny?
Dust bunny is a noun.
How do you pronounce dust bunny?
Dust bunny is pronounced /ˈdʌst bʌni/ (UK).
What is the plural of dust bunny?
The plural of dust bunny is dust bunnies.

Words near dust bunny in the dictionary

  1. dust bins
  2. Dust Bowl
  3. dust box
  4. dust boxes
  5. dust bunnies
  6. dust bunny
  7. dust buster
  8. dust busters
  9. dust cap
  10. dust caps
  11. dust cart

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