different between claggy vs dunch

English

Etymology

clag +? -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klæ?i?/

Adjective

claggy (comparative claggier, superlative claggiest)

1. (of mud, tar, glue or the like) Sticky or tacky.
2. (specifically, of a roof in a mine) Adhesive, having coal clinging to it.

Synonyms

• (sticky): agglutinative, tenacious; see also Thesaurus:adhesive

References

• claggy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?nt?/
• Rhymes: -?nt?

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 den?an, den??an (“to knock, ding”), from Proto-Germanic *dangijan? (“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)

1. (Tyneside) To knock against; to hit, punch
2. (Tyneside) To crash into; to bump into.
3. (Scotland) To gore with the horns, as a bull.
4. (Britain) To jog, especially with the elbow.

Etymology 2

From Middle English dunche, perhaps from Old English *dyn?, 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)

1. (dialectal) A push; knock; bump
2. (golf) A fat hit from a claggy lie.

References

• Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, ?ISBN
• A List of words and phrases in everyday use by the natives of Hetton-le-Hole in the County of Durham, F.M.T.Palgrave, English Dialect Society vol.74, 1896, [1]
• Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [2]
• 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

1. (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 present dunches, present participle dunchin, past duncht, past participle duncht)

1. to hit, punch