Meaning

4 senses
  1. (Geordie)To knock against; to hit, punch

  2. (Geordie)To crash into; to bump into.

  3. (Scotland)To gore with the horns, as a bull.

  4. (UK)To push, jog, or nudge, especially with the elbow.

Origin

From Middle English dunchen, of uncertain origin. Possibly from the noun (see below); or o

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.

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Forms

dunches, dunching, dunched, dunched
Base formdunch · to dunch
3rd person singulardunches
Present participledunching
Past simpledunched
Past participledunched

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydunch
he, she, itdunches

Past simpleLesson

all personsdunched

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave dunched
he, she, ithas dunched

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill dunch

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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