Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bunhead

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bun-head
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An obsessive or extremely dedicated ballerina.

Informal

Example Sentences

"A bunhead who must have strayed from her New York City Ballet aspirations glanced furtively about the room, […]"
""Sophie — you're meant to be saying what an honor it is to be studying at The Royal Ballet School, and how you can't wait to become a 'bunhead' — you know, one of those ballet-obsessed people who eat, sleep, and breathe nothing but ballet!""
"[…] I'm an aging bunhead. That's my problem. Like I told you, my life is ... But a dancer—especially a ballet dancer—has a shelf life that's shorter than a quart of milk[…]"

Etymology

From bun (“a tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head”) + head.

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

bunheads (plural)

Questions

What does bunhead mean?: An obsessive or extremely dedicated ballerina.
Where does bunhead come from?: From bun (“a tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head”) + head.

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