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English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bæp/

Etymology 1

Originally Scottish English, of unknown origin.

Noun

bap (plural baps)

1. A soft bread roll, originally from Scotland.
2. (Britain, slang, chiefly in the plural) A woman's breast.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:breast

Etymology 2

Imitative.

Interjection

bap

1. (informal) The sound of a light blow or slap.
   • 2006, Ashaki Boelter. The Nok (page 55)

     Damian rolls Mr. McNutt over and beats the tar out of him with a series of punches, glasses on or not.
     BAP! BAP! SMACK! BAP! BAP! "You and your men are going to get my family killed!" hollers Damian.

Verb

bap (third-person singular simple present baps, present participle bapping, simple past and past participle bapped)

1. (informal, transitive) To hit lightly.
   • 2007, Jean Johnson, The Wolf: A Novel of the Sons of Destiny, Penguin (?ISBN)"

     “Actually, I like you growling when we're in our bedchamber. It, um . . . makes me think of all the things we do.” “Oh.” He processed that for a moment, then grinned down at her. “I'll take that as permission to growl at you all the more, then!” “Wolfer!” She bapped him again with the back of her fingers.

   • 2016, Nathan Birr, Shot List - The Douglas Files: Book Four, (?ISBN), page 385:

     She lightly bapped him on the head, then continued […]

Anagrams

• ABP, APB, Abp., BPA, PAB, PBA, abp.

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) bab

Etymology

From Late Latin *babbus. Compare Sardinian babbu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ba?p]

Noun

bap m (plural baps)

1. (Puter, Vallader) father

Turkmen

Noun

bap (definite accusative ?, plural ?)

1. chapter

Volapük

Noun

bap

1. lowness

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?n/
• Rhymes: -?n

Etymology 1

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 *b?en??- (“thick, dense, fat”). Cognate with Dutch bonk (“clump, clot, cluster of fruits”). More at bunch.

Alternative forms

• bunn (archaic)

Noun

bun (plural buns)

1. A small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced.
2. A tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head.

   Synonyms: hair bun, French roll

   Hyponym: messy bun

3. (Northern England, Ireland) A cupcake.
4. (slang, Britain) A drunken spree.
5. (Internet, slang) A newbie.
6. (informal, chiefly in the plural) A buttock.
7. (informal) vagina
   • 1996 Richard Sandomir Life for Real Dummies: A Reference for the Totally Clueless page 5

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

   • 2015 Rachelle Ayala Whole Latte Love page 169

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

   • 2019 Hot Blood, Hot Thoughts, Hot Deeds, Empire season 5 episode 13

     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.

Synonyms

• cake

Derived terms

• (hairstyle): Princess Leia bun
• (hairstyle): man-bun

Translations

Further reading

• Bun (bread roll) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bun (hairstyle) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

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

Noun

bun (plural buns)

1. (dialect, archaic) A rabbit or sometimes a squirrel.

Etymology 3

Caribbean pronunciation of burn.

Verb

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

1. (Caribbean and MLE, slang) To smoke cannabis.
2. (MLE, African-American Vernacular, slang) To shoot.
   • 2004, MC Forcer, guest on Lethal Bizzle, "Pow!"

     Don't care about your crew, bun them anyday

   • 2011, Jme, "Mike Lowery"

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

Noun

bun (plural buns)

1. (Caribbean and MLE, slang) marijuana cigarette, joint

Etymology 4

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

Alternative forms

• p'un, pun

Noun

bun (plural buns or bun)

1. (Korean units of measure) A Korean unit of length equivalent to about 0.3 cm.

References

Anagrams

• nub

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *bhun?. Compare Illyrian *bounon. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *b?ewd?- (“to be wake, keep watch”).

Noun

bun m (indefinite plural bune, definite singular buni, definite plural bunet)

1. hut (of mountain shepherds), chalet, fenced area (for cattle)

   Synonyms: kasolle, kolibe

Declension

Related terms

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• bunu

Etymology

From Latin bonus. Compare Daco-Romanian bun.

Adjective

bun m (feminine bunã, plural bunj, feminine plural buni or bune)

1. good

Derived terms

Related terms

Chibcha

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?un/

Noun

bun

1. bread, bun

References

• Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin bonus.

Adjective

bun m (feminine buna)

1. good

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish bun (“the thick end of anything, base, butt, foot”), from Proto-Celtic *bonus. Cognate with Welsh bôn.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /b??n?/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /b??n?/

Noun

bun m (genitive singular buin, nominative plural bunanna)

1. base, bottom
2. stock, stump, trunk
3. lower end
4. extremity
5. basis, origin, foundation
6. basic provision
7. settled state
8. source, direction
9. trace
10. (card games) score required to win game

Declension

Synonyms

• stoc

Derived terms

Mutation

Further reading

• Entries containing “bun” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “bun” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

References

• "bun" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 bun”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Japanese

Romanization

bun

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Ligurian

Etymology

From Latin bonus.

Adjective

bun

1. good

Old French

Adjective

bun m (oblique and nominative feminine singular bune)

1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of bon

Declension

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *bonus. Cognate with Welsh bôn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bun/

Noun

bun m (genitive bona, nominative plural bonai)

1. base
2. bottom
3. butt
4. end

Inflection

Descendants

Mutation

References

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 bun”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bun/

Etymology 1

From Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos, later duonus, from Proto-Italic *dwenos, from Proto-Indo-European *dew- (“to show favor, revere”).

Adjective

bun m or n (feminine singular bun?, masculine plural buni, feminine and neuter plural bune)

1. good

   Antonym: r?u

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

• bun?tate

Noun

bun n (plural bunuri)

1. good, asset, possession

Declension

Etymology 2

Either from the above word or from a Vulgar Latin *avunus, ultimately from the same Proto-Indo-European root as avus. (Compare the diminutive avunculus, avonculus), probably influenced by or confused with bonus. Compare also Friulian von (“grandfather”), Calabrian and Piedmontese bona (“grandmother”) .

Noun

bun m (plural buni, feminine equivalent bun?)

1. (uncommon) grandfather

   Synonym: bunic

Derived terms

References

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish bun (“the thick end of anything, base, butt, foot”), from Proto-Celtic *bonus. Cognate with Welsh bôn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pun/

Noun

bun m (genitive singular buna or buin, plural buin or bunan)

1. bottom, base, foundation
2. butt, stub

Derived terms

Mutation

References

• “bun” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 bun”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Somali

Noun

bun ?

1. coffee

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese bom.

Adjective

bun

1. good

Adverb

bun

1. very, rather

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English bone.

Noun

bun

1. (anatomy) bone