puck bunny

noun

A female ice hockey fan, often one whose interest in the sport is primarily motivated by attraction to the players rather than enjoyment of the game itself. Puck bunnies exhibit similar traits to those of groupies toward musicians.

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Meanings

nounpuck bunny (plural puck bunnies)

plural puck bunnies · alternative puck-bunny · alternative puckbunny

  1. slanghobbiesA female ice hockey fan, often one whose interest in the sport is primarily motivated by attraction to the players rather than enjoyment of the game itself. Puck bunnies exhibit similar traits to those of groupies toward musicians.

    She wasn't a puck bunny. After twenty years in the NHL, he could identify a hockey groupie a mile away.

    2005, Rachel Gibson, The Trouble with Valentine's Day
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    Every once in awhile ^([sic]) the stories would make there ^([sic]) way around the league about some puck bunny getting pregnant...

    2002, Michael David Lannan, The Empty Net

    These young women say they are "'proud as punch' to have sex with the jock," because this will "entitle the puck bunny to 'bragging rights'"...

    2002, Michael A Messner, Taking the Field: Women, Men, and Sports

Origin

Combination of the phrases snow bunny (compare bunny hill), Playboy bunny and puck (“an object used in the game of hockey”).

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APA

puck bunny. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/puck%20bunny

MLA

“puck bunny.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/puck%20bunny. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “puck bunny,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/puck%20bunny.

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