name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
dunch
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/dʌnt͡ʃ/
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rhymes with -ʌntʃ
noun
Meaning 2
A push; knock; bump.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal
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noun
Meaning 3
A fat hit from a claggy lie.
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Topics: golf, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
Meaning 4
A leisurely meal between lunch and dinner in the late afternoon or early evening (about 3-5 p.m.), usually instead of lunch or dinner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, rare
Examples
- I have a lunchtime meeting tomorrow, so let's have dunch together instead.
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verb
Meaning 5
To knock against; to hit, punch
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Usage: Geordie
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verb
Meaning 6
To crash into; to bump into.
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Usage: Geordie
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verb
Meaning 7
To gore with the horns, as a bull.
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Usage: Scotland
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verb
Meaning 8
To push, jog, or nudge, especially with the elbow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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History
Etymology
From Middle English dunche, perhaps from Old English *dynċ, from Proto-Germanic *dunkiz. Compare Old Norse dykr, dynkr (“a crashing noise”), Danish dunk (“a blow”), Swedish dunk (“a thump, clap”), Norwegian dunk (“a knock, bump”).
Blend of dinner + lunch, probably in imitation of brunch.
From Middle English dunchen, of uncertain origin. Possibly from the noun (see below); or of North Germanic origin, related to Old Swedish diunga (“to hit, knock”), dialectal Swedish dunka (“to beat”); or from Middle English dengen, from Old English denġan, denċġan (“to knock, ding”), from Proto-Germanic *dangijaną (“to bang, knock”). Compare English dinge.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Breton: adverenn — meal between lunch and dinner
- Catalan: berenar — meal between lunch and dinner
- Interlingua: merenda — meal between lunch and dinner
- Italian: merenda — meal between lunch and dinner
- Persian: عصرانه ('asrâne) — meal between lunch and dinner
- Portuguese: merenda — meal between lunch and dinner
- Slovak: olovrant — meal between lunch and dinner
- Spanish: merienda — meal between lunch and dinner
- Zazaki: êrene — meal between lunch and dinner