bun

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US, UK/bʌn/Australia, New Zealand/bɐn/Wales/bən/Ireland, Northern England/bʊn/

noun

A small bread roll that is sweetened or spiced.

Similar
hair bunchignoncock-upbun-bunroll
OriginMiddle English bunne ← Anglo-Norman bugne ← Old French bugne →
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Meanings

bun1

nounbun (plural buns)

plural buns · alternative archaic bunn

  1. Senses referring to baked goods.
    1. A small bread roll that is sweetened or spiced.
    2. A bread roll that is served with a savoury filling such as a hamburger or hot dog.
    3. Northern EnglandNorthumbriaespeciallyAny bread roll.
    4. IrelandNorthern EnglandA cupcake.
  2. A roll of hair worn at the back of the head.

    loose bun;   messy bun;   tight bun

    1 more example

    The physician should evaluate for a history of tight ponytails, buns, chignons, braids, twists, weaves, cornrows, dreadlocks, sisterlocks, and hair wefts in addition to the usage of religious hair coverings.

    2021, Becky S. Li, Howard I. Maibach, Ethnic Skin and Hair and Other Cultural Considerations, page 154

    Synonyms: hair bun, chignon, cock-up

  3. UKslangA drunken spree.
  4. InternetA newbie.
  5. slangA young girl or woman.
  6. CanadaUSin pluralslangA buttock.

    nice buns;   tight buns

  7. slangThe vagina.

    How 'bout I put my hot dog in your bun?

    1996, Richard Sandomir, Life for Real Dummies: A Reference for the Totally Clueless, page 5
    2 more examples

    Wait. I can touch your boobs, stick my wiener in your bun, but I can't kiss you?

    2015, Rachelle Ayala, Whole Latte Love, page 169

    I'm just saying, you being a mama, it's time to clear the cobwebs. You know what I'm saying? Put a banana in the monkey. You know, hot dog in your bun.

    2019 Hot Blood, Hot Thoughts, Hot Deeds, Empire season 5 episode 13
verbbun (third-person singular simple present buns, present participle bunning, simple past and past participle bunned)

present singular third person buns · participle present bunning · participle past bunned · past bunned · alternative archaic bunn

  1. transitiveTo form (the hair) into a bun.

    Bunning her hair, she left her childhood bedroom for the hall.

    2014, A. A. Garrison, The Long Short Story: Novellas, page 39

bun2

nounbun (plural buns)

plural buns

  1. abbreviationchildishclippingcolloquialClipping of bunny (“rabbit”).

    She brought home two new buns to join the menagerie!

    Synonyms: bun-bun

  2. archaicdialectalA bunny: a rabbit.
  3. archaicdialectalA squirrel.
  4. archaicdialectalThe scut or tail of a hare.
  5. archaicdialectalA dry stalk.

bun3

verbbun (third-person singular simple present buns, present participle bunning, simple past and past participle bunned)

present singular third person buns · participle present bunning · participle past bunned · past bunned

  1. CaribbeanslangTo smoke cannabis.
  2. Multicultural London EnglishslangAfrican-American VernacularTo shoot.

    2004, MC Forcer, guest on Lethal Bizzle, "Pow!" Don't care about your crew, bun them any day

    3 more examples

    Some man acting dumb, think's he's a gun-man, wanna bring me drama. How you gonna bun me?

    2011, Jme, Mike Lowery

    Look, come round, come round gunning, I still look try to bun him Don't chat on the net ’bout bunnin, oh my God why the fuck you runnin?

    2017, “Fire in the Booth”, performed by Taze, reused in ”Usual Suspects”

    The K in the back, the glock in the front It’s one in the head, you know how we bun

    2018, “Slatt Season”, in Sorry For The Get Off, performed by Drego & Beno, track 15
  3. Multicultural London EnglishslangTo forget.
nounbun (plural buns)

plural buns

  1. CaribbeanMulticultural London Englishslangmarijuana cigarette, joint

    Man say that they spray the fire I fuck that shit, I drop the bun

    2018, “Rolling Round”, HL8 and SimpzBeatz (music), performed by Sparko of OMH

bun4

nounbun (plural buns or bun)

plural buns · alternative p'un · alternative pun

  1. A Korean unit of length equivalent to about 0.3 cm.

BUN5

nounBUN (uncountable)
  1. abbreviationinitialismuncountableInitialism of blood urea nitrogen.

Bun6

proper nounBun (plural Buns)

plural Buns

  1. A surname from Khmer.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA roll of hair worn at the back of the head.

Similar
hair bunchignoncock-up

nounClipping of bunny (“rabbit”).

Similar
bun-bun

More synonyms by meaning

nounsmall rounded bread either plain or sweet

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roll
Broader
breadbreadstuffstaff of life
Also see
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

bun · noun, verb

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰenǵʰ-“thick, dense, fat”
  2. Proto-Germanic*bungô
  3. Frankish*bungjo“little clump”
  4. Old Frenchbugne
  5. Anglo-Normanbugne“bump on the head; fritter”
  6. Middle Englishbunne“wheat cake, bun”
  7. Englishbun

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.

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bun · noun

  1. Scottish Gaelicbun“bottom, butt, stump, stub”
  2. Scotsbun“tail of a rabbit or hare”
  3. Englishbun

Probably from Scots bun (“tail of a rabbit or hare”), which is probably from Scottish Gaelic bun (“bottom, butt, stump, stub”).

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bun · verb, noun

Caribbean pronunciation of burn.

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bun · noun

  1. Chinese分“fen”
  2. Korean분
  3. Englishbun

From the Revised Romanization of Korean 분 (bun), from Chinese 分 (fèn, “fen”). Doublet of fen.

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Bun · proper noun

  1. Khmerប៉ុន
  2. EnglishBun

Derived from Khmer ប៉ុន (pon).

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Translations

Afrikaans bolla, bolletjie
  • bollaa tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head
  • bolletjiea small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
  • broodrolletjiea small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
Arabic كَعْكَة
  • كَعْكَة (kaʕka)a small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
Basque motots, opil
  • mototsa tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head
  • opila small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
Bengali খোঁপা
  • খোঁপা (khō̃pa)a tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head
Bulgarian кок, запо́й
  • кок (kok)a tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head
  • запо́й (zapój)a drunken spree
  • ки́фла (kífla)a small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
  • сими́д (simíd)a small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
Catalan monyo, trossa
  • monyoa tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head
  • trossaa tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head
  • panelleta small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
  • pastaa small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
  • brioixa small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
  • llescaa small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
Chinese Mandarin 髮髻 /发髻, 髻
  • 髮髻 /发髻 (fàjì)a tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head
  • 髻 (jì)a tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head
  • 小圓麵包 /小圆面包 (xiǎo yuán miànbāo)a small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
  • 饅頭 /馒头 (mántóu)a small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
  • 饃 /馍 (mó)a small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
  • 包子 (bāozi)a small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
  • 小麵包 /小面包 (xiǎomiànbāo)a small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
Czech žemle
  • žemlea small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
Danish bolle
  • bollea small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
Dutch knot, bolletje
  • knota tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head
  • bolletjea small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
  • broodjea small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
  • bola small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
Esperanto hartubero, bulko
  • hartuberoa tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head
  • bulkoa small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
Estonian kukkel
  • kukkela small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
Finnish nuttura, pulla
  • nutturaa tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head
  • pullaa small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
French chignon, biture
  • chignona tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head
  • biturea drunken spree
  • petit paina small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
German Knoten, Haarknoten
  • Knotena tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head
  • Haarknotena tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head
  • Dutta tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head
  • Brötchena small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
  • Hefestücka small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
  • Wecka small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
  • Teilchena small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
  • Semmela small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
Greek κότσος
  • κότσος (kótsos)a tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head
Hebrew לחמנייה \ לַחְמָנִיָּה
  • לחמנייה \ לַחְמָנִיָּה (lakhmaniyá)a small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
Hindi रोटी, छोटी मीठी ब्रेड
  • रोटी (roṭī)a small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
  • छोटी मीठी ब्रेड (choṭī mīṭhī breḍ)a small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
Hungarian konty, zsemle
  • kontya tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head
  • zsemlea small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
Icelandic bolla
  • bollaa small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
Indonesian konde
  • kondea tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head
Irish cocán, borróg
  • cocána tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head
  • borróga small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
  • pocaida small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
Italian crocchia, panino
  • crocchiaa tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head
  • paninoa small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
  • pagnottaa small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
  • rosettaa small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
  • sfilatinoa small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
  • michettaa small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
Japanese 髷, 束髪
  • 髷 (mage)a tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head
  • 束髪 (sokuhatsu)a tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head
  • お団子 (odango)a tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head
  • シニヨン (shiniyon)a tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head
  • バン (ban)a small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
  • ロールパン (rōrupan)a small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
Korean 흰 빵, 롤빵
  • 흰 빵 (huin ppang)a small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
  • 롤빵 (rolppang)a small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
Latin tutulus, nōdus
  • tutulusa tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head
  • nōdusa tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head
Latvian maizīte, bulciņa
  • maizītea small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
  • bulciņaa small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
Lithuanian bandelė, ragelis
  • bandelėa small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
  • ragelisa small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
Māori pūtiki
  • pūtikia tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head
Norwegian Bokmål bolle
  • bollea small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
Persian گرده, بولکی
  • گرده (gerde)a small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
  • بولکی (bulki)a small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
Polish kok, drożdżówka
  • koka tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head
  • drożdżówkaa small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
  • bułkaa small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
  • kołaczyka small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
Portuguese coque, pãozinho (doce)
  • coquea tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head
  • pãozinho (doce)a small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
Romanian chiflă
  • chiflăa small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
Russian пучо́к, у́зел
  • пучо́к (pučók)a tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head
  • у́зел (úzel)a tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head
  • шиньо́н (šinʹón)a tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head
  • попо́йка (popójka)a drunken spree
  • пья́нка (pʹjánka)a drunken spree
  • запо́й (zapój)a drunken spree
  • бу́лочка (búločka)a small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
  • бу́лка (búlka)a small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
  • плю́шка (pljúška)a small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
  • са́йка (sájka)a small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
Scottish Gaelic bonnach
  • bonnacha small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
Slovak drdol, žemľa
  • drdola tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head
  • žemľaa small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
Spanish rodete, moño
  • rodetea tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head
  • moñoa tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head
  • chongo (Esp., Guat., Mex.)a tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head
  • bolloa small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
  • panecilloa small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
  • bolilloa small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
  • bollaa small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
  • gallofaa small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
  • molletea small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
  • pan molletea small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
Swedish bulle
  • bullea small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
Tamil பொங்கியப்பம்
  • பொங்கியப்பம் (poṅkiyappam)a small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
Turkish topuz, çörek
  • topuza tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head
  • çöreka small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
  • hamburger ekmeğia small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
Ukrainian пучо́к, бу́лка
  • пучо́к (pučók)a tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head
  • бу́лка (búlka)a small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
  • бу́лочка (búločka)a small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
  • са́йка (sájka)a small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
Yiddish קאָקס, בולקע
  • קאָקס (koks)a tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head
  • בולקע (bulke)a small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
  • זעמל (zeml)a small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with bun

sunrunfundonenoneeveryonesonwongunbeguntonDunndunnunGunnpunstuntonneundonererunshunmunthonoutrun
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Anagrams

nub
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