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