bun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bʌn/
ipa: /bʊn/
rhymes: -ʌn
Forms: form: buns
form: bunn
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.
Senses: glosses: Senses referring to baked goods.
A small bread roll that is sweetened or spiced.
coordinate_terms: cake
glosses: Senses referring to baked goods.
A bread roll that is served with a savoury filling such as a hamburger or hot dog.
glosses: Senses referring to baked goods.
Any bread roll.
coordinate_terms: cake
glosses: Senses referring to baked goods.
A cupcake.
coordinate_terms: cake
examples: text: loose bun;   messy bun;   tight bun
text: 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.
ref: 2021, Becky S. Li, Howard I. Maibach, Ethnic Skin and Hair and Other Cultural Considerations, page 154:
synonyms: hair bun
chignon
glosses: A roll of hair worn at the back of the head.
glosses: A drunken spree.
glosses: A newbie.
glosses: A young girl or woman.
examples: text: nice buns;   tight buns
glosses: A buttock.
examples: text: How 'bout I put my hot dog in your bun?
ref: 1996, Richard Sandomir, Life for Real Dummies: A Reference for the Totally Clueless, page 5:
text: Wait. I can touch your boobs, stick my wiener in your bun, but I can't kiss you?
ref: 2015, Rachelle Ayala, Whole Latte Love, page 169:
text: 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.
ref: 2019 Hot Blood, Hot Thoughts, Hot Deeds, Empire season 5 episode 13
glosses: The vagina.
Derived terms: sense: mostly other "bun" meanings
word: bao bun
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word: Bath bun
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word: biscuit bun
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word: black bun
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word: Boston bun
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word: bun fight
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word: bun-fight
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word: bunhead
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word: bun-headed
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word: bun in the oven
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word: bunless
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word: bunlike
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word: bunny
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word: bun stock
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word: burger bun
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word: Burlington bun
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word: Chelsea bun
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word: chip bun
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word: chow mein bun
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word: cinnamon bun
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word: cop the bun
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word: couldn't organise a bun fight in a bakery
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word: cream bun
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word: currant bun
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word: finger bun
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word: fun in a bun
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word: fun on a bun
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word: have a bun in the oven
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word: honeybun
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word: honey bun
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word: horse bun
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word: hot cross bun
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word: hot dog bun
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word: Kitchener bun
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word: man bun
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word: occipital bun
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word: penny bun
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word: pineapple bun
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word: rock bun
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word: rockbun
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word: sticky bun