dunchとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 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 古期英語 denġan, denċġan (“to knock, ding”), from Proto-Germanic *dangijaną (“to bang, knock”). Compare English dinge.

別の表記

• dunsh (Geordie)

動詞

dunch (三人称単数 現在形 dunches, 現在分詞 dunching または dunchin, 過去形および過去分詞形 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.

語源 2

From Middle English dunche, perhaps from 古期英語 *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”).

名詞

dunch (複数形 dunches)

1. (dialectal) A push; knock; bump.
   • 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, Limited., published 1886, OCLC 1056292939:

     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.

2. (golf) A fat hit from a claggy lie.

参照

• 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

語源 3

Blend of dinner +‎ lunch, probably in imitation of brunch.

名詞

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.

   I have a lunchtime meeting tomorrow, so let's have dunch together instead.

同意語

• linner
• lupper