bun

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A small, round bread roll, either plain or sweet.

   She bought fresh buns from the bakery for breakfast.

2. 2
   noun

   A hairstyle in which the hair is wound into a tight round shape at the back of the head.

   The dancer tied her hair up in a neat bun.

3. 3
   verb

   To twist the hair into a round shape at the back of the head.

   She bunned her hair before the gym class.

From Middle English bunne (“wheat cake, bun”), from Anglo-Norman bugne (“bump on the head; fritter”), from Old French bugne (hence French beignet), from Frankish *bungjo (“little clump”), diminutive of *bungu (“lump, clump”), from Proto-Germanic *bungô, *bunkô (“clump, lump, heap, crowd”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰenǵʰ- (“thick, dense, fat”). Cognate with Dutch bonk (“clump, clot, cluster of fruits”). More at bunch.

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