dunch

Meaning

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.

Translations

merenda

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dʌnt͡ʃ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: dunchen

Cognate with Swedish: dunka

Inherited from Middle English: dengen

Inherited from Old English: denġan

Cognate with English: dinge

Inherited from Middle English: dunche

Inherited from Old English: *dynċ

Cognate with Old Norse: dykr

Cognate with Danish: dunk

Cognate with Swedish: dunk

Cognate with Norwegian: 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.