Dunch

//dʌnt͡ʃ// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A push; knock; bump. dialectal

    "And just at the same time the tide caught the brig, and threw the wind out of her sails. She came round into the wind like a top, and the next moment struck the reef with such a dunch as threw us all flat upon the deck, and came near to shake Mr. Riach from his place upon the mast."

  2. 2
    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. informal, rare

    "I have a lunchtime meeting tomorrow, so let's have dunch together instead."

  3. 3
    A fat hit from a claggy lie.
Verb
  1. 1
    To knock against; to hit, punch Geordie
  2. 2
    To crash into; to bump into. Geordie
  3. 3
    To gore with the horns, as a bull. Scotland
  4. 4
    To push, jog, or nudge, especially with the elbow. British

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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”).

Etymology 3

Blend of dinner + lunch, probably in imitation of brunch.

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