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lunch
[ luhnch ]
/ lʌntʃ /
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noun
verb (used without object)
to eat lunch: We lunched quite late today.
verb (used with object)
to provide lunch for: They lunched us in regal fashion.
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Idioms about lunch
out to lunch, Slang. not paying attention or tending to business; negligent: You must have been out to lunch when you wrote that weird report.
Origin of lunch
First recorded in 1585–95; short for luncheon
OTHER WORDS FROM lunch
luncher, nounlunchless, adjectivepre·lunch, adjective, nounWords nearby lunch
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How to use lunch in a sentence
British Dictionary definitions for lunch
lunch
/ (lʌntʃ) /
noun
a meal eaten during the middle of the day
Caribbean (among older people) mid-afternoon tea
verb
(intr) to eat lunch
(tr) to provide or buy lunch for
Derived forms of lunch
luncher, nounWord Origin for lunch
C16: probably short form of luncheon
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Other Idioms and Phrases with lunch
lunch
see eat someone alive (someone's lunch); free lunch; lose one's lunch; out to (lunch).
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