bun

noun

/bʌn/

Etymology

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.

derived from *bʰenǵʰ-✻ — “thick, dense, fat”
derived from *bungô✻
derived from *bungjo✻ — “little clump”
derived from bugne
derived from bugne — “bump on the head; fritter”
inherited from bunne — “wheat cake, bun”

Definitions

Senses referring to baked goods.
2
A roll of hair worn at the back of the head.
- loose bun; messy bun; tight bun
- The physician should evaluate for a history of tight ponytails, buns, chignons, braids, twists, weaves, cornrows, dreadlocks, sisterlocks, and hair wefts in addition to the usage of religious hair coverings.
A drunken spree.
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1. A newbie.
2. A young girl or woman.
3. 6
  A buttock.
  - nice buns; tight buns
4. 7
  The vagina.
  - How 'bout I put my hot dog in your bun?
  - Wait. I can touch your boobs, stick my wiener in your bun, but I can't kiss you?
  - I'm just saying, you being a mama, it's time to clear the cobwebs. You know what I'm saying? Put a banana in the monkey. You know, hot dog in your bun.
5. 8
  To form (the hair) into a bun.
  - Bunning her hair, she left her childhood bedroom for the hall.
6. 9
  Clipping of bunny (“rabbit”).
  - She brought home two new buns to join the menagerie!
7. A bunny
  A bunny: a rabbit.
8. A squirrel.
9. The scut or tail of a hare.
10. A dry stalk.
11. To smoke cannabis.
12. 15
  To shoot.
  - 2004, MC Forcer, guest on Lethal Bizzle, "Pow!" Don't care about your crew, bun them any day
  - Some man acting dumb, think's he's a gun-man, wanna bring me drama. How you gonna bun me?
  - Look, come round, come round gunning, I still look try to bun him Don't chat on the net ’bout bunnin, oh my God why the fuck you runnin?
13. To forget.
14. 17
  marijuana cigarette, joint
  - Man say that they spray the fire I fuck that shit, I drop the bun
15. A Korean unit of length equivalent to about 0.3 cm.
16. Initialism of blood urea nitrogen.
17. A surname from Khmer.

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Derived

bao bun, Bath bun, biscuit bun, black bun, Boston bun, bun fight, bun-fight, bunhead, bun-headed, bun in the oven, bunless, bunlike, bunny, bun stock, burger bun, Burlington bun, Chelsea bun, chip bun, chow mein bun, cinnamon bun, cop the bun, couldn't organise a bun fight in a bakery, cream bun, currant bun, finger bun, fun in a bun, fun on a bun, have a bun in the oven, honeybun, honey bun, horse bun, hot cross bun, hot dog bun, Kitchener bun, man bun, occipital bun, penny bun, pineapple bun, rock bun, rockbun · +2 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at bun. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at bun. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at bun

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA