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Bun

//bʌn// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Khmer.
Noun
  1. 1
    Senses referring to baked goods.; A small bread roll that is sweetened or spiced.
  2. 2
    Clipping of bunny (“rabbit”). abbreviation, alt-of, childish, clipping, colloquial

    "She brought home two new buns to join the menagerie!"

  3. 3
    marijuana cigarette, joint Caribbean, Multicultural-London-English, slang

    "Man say that they spray the fire I fuck that shit, I drop the bun"

  4. 4
    A Korean unit of length equivalent to about 0.3 cm.
  5. 5
    Initialism of blood urea nitrogen. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
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  1. 6
    small rounded bread either plain or sweet wordnet
  2. 7
    Senses referring to baked goods.; A bread roll that is served with a savoury filling such as a hamburger or hot dog.
  3. 8
    A bunny: a rabbit. archaic, dialectal
  4. 9
    Senses referring to baked goods.; Any bread roll. Northern-England, Northumbria, especially
  5. 10
    A squirrel. archaic, dialectal
  6. 11
    Senses referring to baked goods.; A cupcake. Ireland, Northern-England
  7. 12
    The scut or tail of a hare. archaic, dialectal
  8. 13
    A roll of hair worn at the back of the head.

    "loose bun;   messy bun;   tight bun"

  9. 14
    A dry stalk. archaic, dialectal
  10. 15
    A drunken spree. British, slang
  11. 16
    A newbie. Internet
  12. 17
    A young girl or woman. slang
  13. 18
    A buttock. Canada, US, in-plural, slang

    "nice buns;   tight buns"

  14. 19
    The vagina. slang

    "How 'bout I put my hot dog in your bun?"

Verb
  1. 1
    To form (the hair) into a bun. transitive

    "Bunning her hair, she left her childhood bedroom for the hall."

  2. 2
    To smoke cannabis. Caribbean, slang
  3. 3
    To shoot. Multicultural-London-English, slang

    "2004, MC Forcer, guest on Lethal Bizzle, "Pow!" Don't care about your crew, bun them any day"

  4. 4
    To forget. Multicultural-London-English, slang

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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.

Etymology 3

Probably from Scots bun (“tail of a rabbit or hare”), which is probably from Scottish Gaelic bun (“bottom, butt, stump, stub”).

Etymology 4

Caribbean pronunciation of burn.

Etymology 5

Caribbean pronunciation of burn.

Etymology 6

From the Revised Romanization of Korean 분 (bun), from Chinese 分 (fèn, “fen”). Doublet of fen.

Etymology 7

Derived from Khmer ប៉ុន (pon).

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