dust bunnynoun [ C usually plural ]
/ˈdʌst ˌbʌn.i//ˈdʌst ˌbʌn.i/US informala ball of dust that forms under furniture or on floors that have not been cleaned:
I swept away the dust bunnies from under the bed.
More examples
- You want to draw their attention to the bouquet of flowers you bought, before they notice the dust bunnies.
- Learn to love dust bunnies, and stop doing housework once in a while; you'll have a lot more time.
- The robot vacuum cleaner sweeps up pizza crumbs and dust bunnies with minimal human effort.
- Your baby will get a thrill out of discovering everything, from his toys to the dust bunnies on the floor.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Dirt & untidiness
- a dog's breakfast idiom
- bloodstain
- blot
- clutter
- contaminant
- contaminate
- fleck
- grime
- gunge
- gunk
- guttersnipe
- muck
- pollutant
- slovenly
- slut
- smear
- smudge
- speck
- speckle
- stain
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