bunchy

[ buhn-chee ]

/ ˈbʌn tʃi /

adjective, bunch·i·er, bunch·i·est.

having bunches.

bulging or protuberant.

Nearby words

Origin of bunchy

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at bunch, -y¹

Related formsbunch·i·ly, adverbbunch·i·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for bunchy

Her big grey eyes were sad with sympathy for sufferers and sinners, and her poke bonnet was full of bunchy, red-gold hair.
Children of the Bush|Henry Lawson
He saw that the June Bug was about ten feet high, with a bunchy, buglike body.
The Blind Spot|Austin Hall
One nest was in a jack pine, “in a bunchy growth at the end of a limb.”
Life Histories of North American Wood Warblers Part One and Part Two|Arthur Bent
There were two bunchy places on his face, that Mamma Rabbit had told him were eyes.
Among the Forest People|Clara Dillingham Pierson

The more the Agathist ladies looked at her, the more absurd and bunchy did they feel.
Kophetua the Thirteenth|Julian Corbett

British Dictionary definitions for bunchy

bunchy

/ (ˈbʌntʃɪ) /

adjective bunchier or bunchiest

composed of or resembling bunches

bulging

Derived Formsbunchiness, noun

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