bunch

[ buhnch ]

noun

1. a connected group; cluster:

   a bunch of grapes.

   Synonyms: batch, lot

2. a group of things:

   a bunch of papers.

   Synonyms: batch, lot

3. Informal. a group of people:

   They're a fine bunch of students.

4. a knob; lump; protuberance.

verb (used with object)

1. to group together; make a bunch of.

verb (used without object)

1. to gather into a cluster; gather together.
2. (of fabric or clothing) to gather into folds (often followed by up ).

bunch

/ bʌntʃ /

noun

1. a number of things growing, fastened, or grouped together

   a bunch of keys

   a bunch of grapes

2. a collection; group

   a bunch of queries

3. informal.
   a group or company

   a bunch of boys

4. archaic.
   a protuberance

verb

1. sometimes foll by up to group or be grouped into a bunch

Other Words From

• un·bunched adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of bunch¹

1275–1325; Middle English bunche; of uncertain origin

Word History and Origins

Origin of bunch¹

C14: of obscure origin

Synonym Study

See bundle.

Example Sentences

I've seen video of that satirical guide to SXSW in 1998 where you asked a bunch of bands odd questions.

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The zoologist at University of Tubingen in Germany gave a bunch of spiders some LSD.

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After a bunch of tough talk, this round of the hacker-on-hacker fight nevered materialized.

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As a producer on The Gambler, he read a bunch of women for the female lead, and settled on Larson.

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Because they were short on money, the family moved around a bunch—with Malone living in 27 different places by the time she was 9.

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This Captain Kirton was really the best of the Kirton bunch: a quiet, unassuming young man, somewhat delicate in health.

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That bunch of cottonwoods with the new-made grave close by the dead horses seemed to rise up between us, and I became speechless.

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I'd admire to see him cavorting around on the pinnacles after horse-thieves or whisky-runners or a bunch of bad Indians.

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So, when Sunday night come, and he preached in the school-house, he had quite a bunch of punchers corralled there to hear him.

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The red flashes were breaking out like a bunch of firecrackers, and with pretty much the same sound.

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