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bun1 definition

bun (bun)

noun

  1. a small roll made of bread dough, sometimes sweetened or spiced or containing raisins, etc.
  2. hair worn in a roll or knot

Etymology: ME bunne, wheat cake, bun, prob. < OFr buigne, a boil, swelling (> Fr beigne, fruit fritter) < Gaul *bunia

bun2 definition

☆ bun (bun)

noun

Slang a drunken spree

Etymology: prob. contr. < informal (Scot) bung, drunk (short for bung-full, filled to the bung)

bun Idioms

get a bun on

Slang to become drunk

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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