dunch

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dʌnt͡ʃ/ Rhymes: -ʌntʃ === Etymology 1 === 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. ==== Alternative forms ==== dunsh (Geordie) ==== Verb ==== dunch (third-person singular simple present dunches, present participle dunching or dunchin, simple past and past participle dunched) (Geordie) To knock against; to hit, punch (Geordie) To crash into; to bump into. (Scotland) To gore with the horns, as a bull. (UK) To push, jog, or nudge, especially with the elbow. === Etymology 2 === From Middle English dunche, perhaps from Old English *dynċ, from Proto-Germanic *dunkiz. Compare Old Norse dykr, dynkr (“a crashing noise”), Danish dunk (“a blow”), Swedish dunk (“a thump, clap”), Norwegian dunk (“a knock, bump”). ==== Noun ==== dunch (plural dunches) (dialectal) A push; knock; bump. (golf) A fat hit from a claggy lie. ===== References ===== Frank Graham, editor (1987), “DUNCH”, in The New Geordie Dictionary, Rothbury, Northumberland: Butler Publishing, →ISBN. “Dunch”, in Palgrave’s Word List: Durham & Tyneside Dialect Group‎[1], archived from the original on 5 September 2024, from F[rancis] M[ilnes] T[emple] Palgrave, A List of Words and Phrases in Everyday Use by the Natives of Hetton-le-Hole in the County of Durham […] (Publications of the English Dialect Society; 74), London: Published for the English Dialect Society by Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1896, →OCLC. Scott Dobson, Dick Irwin, “dunch”, in Newcastle 1970s: Durham & Tyneside Dialect Group‎[2], archived from the original on 5 September 2024. Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4 Golfing dictionary, accessed on 2005-06-01 === Etymology 3 === Blend of dinner +‎ lunch, probably in imitation of brunch. ==== Noun ==== dunch (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. ===== Synonyms ===== linner lupper ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== brinner brunch brupper == Scots == === Verb === dunch (third-person singular simple present dunches, present participle dunchin, simple past and past participle duncht) to hit, punch