bun

Meaning

Noun

1. Senses referring to baked goods.
2. Senses referring to baked goods.
3. (Northern-England, Northumbria, especially) Senses referring to baked goods.
4. (Ireland, Northern-England) Senses referring to baked goods.
5. A roll of hair worn at the back of the head.
6. (British, slang) A drunken spree.
7. (Internet) A newbie.
8. (slang) A young girl or woman.
9. (Canada, US, in-plural, slang) A buttock.
10. (slang) The vagina.

Verb

To form (the hair) into a bun.

Verb

1. (Caribbean, slang) To smoke cannabis.
2. (Multicultural-London-English, slang) To shoot.
3. (Multicultural-London-English, slang) To forget.

Synonyms

roll

chignon

topknot

bread roll

cheek

brioche

bap

croissant

🥐

doughnut

🍩

knot

🪢

pretzel

🥨

puff

sweetbread

tie

tuft

baked roll

flat bread

brötchen

plain coffeebread

white pizza

bread

🍞

buttock

cake

🍰

coil

cookie

🍪

cooky

Translations

chignon

bollo

crocchia

Brötchen

çörek

Dutt

κότσος

panecillo

panino

Haarknoten

broodje

moño

τσουρέκι

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bʌn/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: bunne

Cognate with French: beignet

Cognate with Dutch: bonk

In summary

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.

Sentences

During this time , he earned his nickname " Egg in a bun ".