dunch

See also: Dunch

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ʌntʃ

Etymology 1

Origin Unknown. Possibly of North Germanic origin, related to Old Swedish diunga (“to hit, knock”); or from Middle English dengen, from Old English denġan, denċġan (“to knock, ding”), from Proto-Germanic *dangijaną (“to bang, knock”). Compare English dinge.

Alternative forms

Verb

dunch (third-person singular simple present dunches, present participle dunching or dunchin, simple past and past participle dunched)

  1. (Geordie) To knock against; to hit, punch
  2. (Geordie) To crash into, to bump into.
  3. (Britain) To jog, especially with the elbow.

Noun

dunch (uncountable)

  1. (golf) A fat hit from a claggy lie.
References
  • The New Geordie Dictionary, Frank Graham, 1987, →ISBN
  • A List of words and phrases in everyday use by the natives of Hetton-le-Hole in the County of Durham, F.M.T.Palgrave, English Dialect Society vol.74, 1896,
  • Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin,
  • Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
  • Golfing dictionary, accessed on 2005-06-01

Etymology 2

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

Noun

dunch

  1. (informal, rare) 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.
    For tomorrow, I’ve a lunchtime appointment so let's have dunch together instead.
Translations
See also

Scots

Verb

dunch (third-person singular present dunches, present participle dunchin, past duncht, past participle duncht)

  1. to hit, punch
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