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 denġan, denċġan (“to knock, ding”), from Proto-Germanic *dangijaną (“to bang, knock”). Compare English dinge.
Meanings
(Geordie) To knock against; to hit, punch
(Geordie) To crash into; to bump into.
(Scotland) To gore with the horns, as a bull.
(UK) To push, jog, or nudge, especially with the elbow.
From Middle English dunche, perhaps from Old English *dynċ, 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”).
Meanings
(dialectal) A push; knock; bump.
And just at the same time the tide caught the brig, and threw the wind out of her sails. She came round into the wind like a top, and the next moment struck the reef with such a dunch as threw us all flat upon the deck, and came near to shake Mr. Riach from his place upon the mast. 1886 May 1 – July 31, Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped, being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751: […], London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 1886, →OCLC:
Blend of dinner + lunch, probably in imitation of brunch.
Meanings
(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.
I have a lunchtime meeting tomorrow, so let's have dunch together instead.
pt merenda (meal between lunch and dinner) · ca berenar (meal between lunch and dinner) · br adverenn (meal between lunch and dinner) · zza êrene (meal between lunch and dinner) · es merienda (meal between lunch and dinner) · fa عصرانه (meal between lunch and dinner) · it merenda (meal between lunch and dinner) · ia merenda (meal between lunch and dinner) · sk olovrant (meal between lunch and dinner)