dunch

present singular third person dunches · participle present dunching · participle present dunchin · participle past dunched · past dunched · alternative dunsh

1. GeordieTo knock against; to hit, punch
2. GeordieTo crash into; to bump into.
3. ScotlandTo gore with the horns, as a bull.
4. UKTo push, jog, or nudge, especially with the elbow.

plural dunches

1. dialectalA push; knock; bump.

   And just at the same time the tide caught the brig, and threw the wind out of her sails. She came round into the wind like a top, and the next moment struck the reef with such a dunch as threw us all flat upon the deck, and came near to shake Mr. Riach from his place upon the mast.

   1886 May 1 – July 31, Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped, being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751: […], London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 1886, →OCLC

2. golfA fat hit from a claggy lie.

1. informalrareA leisurely meal between lunch and dinner in the late afternoon or early evening (about 3-5 p.m.), usually instead of lunch or dinner.

   I have a lunchtime meeting tomorrow, so let's have dunch together instead.

   Synonyms: linner, lupper

plural Dunches

1. A surname.