dumb bunny

noun

1. a stupid person.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dumb bunny¹

First recorded in 1940–45

Idioms and Phrases

A stupid person, as in She was a bit of a dumb bunny but very nice. This expression implies some toleration or endearment of the person. [c. 1920]

Example Sentences

Outlets like Newsmax have even gone so far as to portray Maxwell as possibly “innocent,” as if she were just a dumb bunny wrapped up in Epstein’s schemes, instead of an eager co-conspirator.

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Marilyn Monroe could get laughs with her dumb bunny act.

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A male acquaintance asked me at the time what I thought the rioters planned to do if they actually caught her and I stared at him like the innocent, dumb bunny he was.

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I may have been only 9 years old, but I was no dumb bunny.

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“You are one dumb bunny,” said Chacho, but he stopped crying.

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