Meaning

16 senses

  1. Senses referring to baked goods.

    A small bread roll that is sweetened or spiced.

    Brötchen, Hefestück, Weck

    бу́лочкаbúločka, бу́лкаbúlka, плю́шкаpljúška

    бу́лкаbúlka, бу́лочкаbúločka, са́йкаsájka

    small rounded bread either plain or sweet

  2. A bread roll that is served with a savoury filling such as a hamburger or hot dog.

  3. (Northern England, Northumbria, especially)Any bread roll.

  4. (Ireland, Northern England)A cupcake.

  5. A roll of hair worn at the back of the head.

    loose bun; messy bun; tight bun

    Knoten, Haarknoten, Dutt

    пучо́кpučók, у́зелúzel, шиньо́нšinʹón

    пучо́кpučók

  6. (UK, slang)A drunken spree.

    попо́йкаpopójka, пья́нкаpʹjánka, запо́йzapój

  7. (Internet)A newbie.

  8. (slang)A young girl or woman.

  9. (Canada, US, in the plural, slang)A buttock.

    nice buns; tight buns

  10. (slang)The vagina.

  11. (Caribbean, Multicultural London English, slang)Marijuana cigarette, joint

  12. A Korean unit of length equivalent to about 0.3 cm.

Examples

155 sentences

  1. She wears her hair in a bun.

    ruОна собирает волосы в пучок.

    deSie trägt ihr Haar in einem Knoten.

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  2. How many hamburger buns did you buy?

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  3. Mary pulled her hair into a bun.

    deMaria zog sich das Haar zu einem Knoten zusammen.

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  4. Mary often wears her hair in a bun.

    ruМэри часто убирает волосы в пучок.

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  5. Mary pulled her hair in a bun.

    deMaria zog sich das Haar zu einem Knoten zusammen.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
a small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced:
a tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head:
Русский
By meaning 3
a small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced:
a tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head:
a drunken spree:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
a small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced:
a tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head:

Origin

From Middle English bunne (“wheat cake, bun”), from Anglo-Norman bugne (“bump on the head;

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.

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

Caribbean pronunciation of burn.

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

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Forms

plural: buns / bun

Synonyms

4 synonyms
hair bunchignoncock-up
Close in meaning
  • small rounded bread either plain or sweet:roll

Word family

24 related words
Derivedbao bunbiscuit bunblack bunbun fightbunheadbun-headedbunlessbunlikebunnybun stockburger bunchip buncinnamon buncream buncurrant bunfinger bunhoney bunhorse bunoccipital bunpenny bunpineapple bunrockbunsticky bunsea-bun

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
bumperB2bumpkinbumpybunchB1bundle
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