noun
Meaning 1
A person who bunches.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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buncher
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rhymes with -ʌntʃə(ɹ)
noun
Meaning 2
Something that bunches or causes to bunch.
A machine that twists strands together during the manufacture of metal wire; a strander.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, manufacturing
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noun
Meaning 3
Something that bunches or causes to bunch.
A circuit that causes electrons or other charged particles in a particle beam to group together.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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noun
Meaning 4
An illegitimate supplier of laboratory animals who obtains the animals by kidnapping pets or illegally trapping strays.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 2009, US Congress (editor), Congressional Record, V. 150, Part 6: April 20 2004 to May 4 2004, page 7574, The undercover investigation of this facility has revealed that its proprietors were aware that some of the companion animals brought to the facility were stolen, and also revealed a list of over 50 “bunchers,” individuals who obtain animals and sell them to “random source” animal dealers. Bunchers have a variety of methods for obtaining companion animals, including responding to newspaper ads offering free animals, trespassing on private property to abduct the animals from yards, and house burglaries.
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noun
Meaning 5
A ground-based radio transmitter, configured within a system to guide aircraft to their allocated airfields.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: RAF; World War II; RAF; World War II
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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History
Etymology
From bunch + -er.