bun.
Senses referring to baked goods.
Meaning & usage
Senses referring to baked goods. A small bread roll that is sweetened or spiced.
Senses referring to baked goods. A bread roll that is served with a savoury filling such as a hamburger or hot dog.
Senses referring to baked goods. Any bread roll.
Senses referring to baked goods. A cupcake.
A roll of hair worn at the back of the head.
loose bun; messy bun; tight bun
A drunken spree.
A newbie.
A young girl or woman.
A buttock.
nice buns; tight buns
The vagina.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English bunne (“wheat cake, bun”), from Anglo-Norman bugne (“bump on the head; fritter”), from Old French bugne (hence French beignet), from Frankish *bungjo (“little clump”), diminutive of *bungu (“lump, clump”), from Proto-Germanic *bungô, *bunkô (“clump, lump, heap, crowd”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰenǵʰ- (“thick, dense, fat”). Cognate with Dutch bonk (“clump, clot, cluster of fruits”). More at bunch.
To form (the hair) into a bun.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English bunne (“wheat cake, bun”), from Anglo-Norman bugne (“bump on the head; fritter”), from Old French bugne (hence French beignet), from Frankish *bungjo (“little clump”), diminutive of *bungu (“lump, clump”), from Proto-Germanic *bungô, *bunkô (“clump, lump, heap, crowd”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰenǵʰ- (“thick, dense, fat”). Cognate with Dutch bonk (“clump, clot, cluster of fruits”). More at bunch.
Clipping of bunny (“rabbit”).
She brought home two new buns to join the menagerie!
A bunny: a rabbit.
A squirrel.
The scut or tail of a hare.
A dry stalk.
Where this word comes from
Probably from Scots bun (“tail of a rabbit or hare”), which is probably from Scottish Gaelic bun (“bottom, butt, stump, stub”).
To smoke cannabis.
To shoot.
To forget.
Where this word comes from
Caribbean pronunciation of burn.
marijuana cigarette, joint
Where this word comes from
Caribbean pronunciation of burn.
A Korean unit of length equivalent to about 0.3 cm.
Where this word comes from
From the Revised Romanization of Korean 분 (bun), from Chinese 分 (fèn, “fen”). Doublet of fen.
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