Binky

Quick meaning: Binky is a noun meaning (informal, childish) A stuffed animal, pillow, blanket, or toy that a small child is more attached to than any other, and often sleeps with.

Meaning

(informal, childish) A stuffed animal, pillow, blanket, or toy that a small child is more attached to than any other, and often sleeps with.

More Meanings

1. (US, informal, childish) A baby's pacifier.
2. A high hop that a rabbit may perform when happy, usually with a 180° turn while in the air and a bewildered expression upon landing.
3. (intransitive, rabbit behavior) To perform a high hop, as when happy.

Example Sentences

page 41: “It’s called a ‘binky’,” said Crystal. “It’s a rabbit happy-dance.”

He can have his litterbox, his carpet, his toys, and space to do a little binky in there even.

[…] there are photos of rabbits in gardens, on desks and in laps: with dogs, with hamsters and with Santa: and yawning, snoozing, flopping, binkying and eating.

page 81: As he got to know Susan (and her food), he sometimes raced around on the grass when he saw her arrive, or leapt into the air, kicking his hind feet above him, then shaking his head goofily after he landed. This is the “shimmy” that Southern noticed, or the “frisk” that Lockley described. Among domestic rabbits, it’s referred to as a “bunny dance” by some and a “binky” by others. It looks sort of like an epileptic fit—but it’s an unmistakable gesture of joy.

Word Forms

• binkies
• binkying
• binkied

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