Dunch

Quick meaning: Dunch is a verb meaning (Geordie) To knock against; to hit, punch.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (Geordie) To crash into; to bump into.
2. (Scotland) To gore with the horns, as a bull.
3. (British) To push, jog, or nudge, especially with the elbow.
4. (golf) A fat hit from a claggy lie.
5. (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.
6. (dialectal) A push; knock; bump.

Example Sentences

I have a lunchtime meeting tomorrow, so let's have dunch together instead.

And just at the same time the tide caught the brig, and threw the wind out of her sails. She came round into the wind like a top, and the next moment struck the reef with such a dunch as threw us all flat upon the deck, and came near to shake Mr. Riach from his place upon the mast.

Word Forms

• dunches
• dunching
• dunchin
• dunched
• dunsh

Synonyms for dunch

Depending on context, synonyms include linner, lupper.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include dunsh, dunt, dush, donk, dinge, duff.

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