dunch

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

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

Noun

1. (dialectal) A push; knock; bump.
2. A fat hit from a claggy lie.

Noun

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.

Vertalingen

merenda

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/dʌnt͡ʃ/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: dunchen

Verwant aan Zweeds: dunka

Overgenomen van Middelengels: dengen

Overgenomen van Oudengels: denġan

Verwant aan Engels: dinge

Overgenomen van Middelengels: dunche

Overgenomen van Oudengels: *dynċ

Verwant aan Oudnoors: dykr

Verwant aan Deens: dunk

Verwant aan Zweeds: dunk

Verwant aan Noors: dunk

In summary

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.