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brunch
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n 1: combination breakfast and lunch; usually served in late
morning
v 1: eat a meal in the late morning; "We brunch in Sundays"
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bunch
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n 1: a grouping of a number of similar things; "a bunch of
trees"; "a cluster of admirers" [syn: bunch, clump,
cluster, clustering]
2: an informal body of friends; "he still hangs out with the
same crowd" [syn: crowd, crew, gang, bunch]
3: any collection in its entirety; "she bought the whole
caboodle" [syn: bunch, lot, caboodle]
v 1: form into a bunch; "The frightened children bunched
together in the corner of the classroom" [syn: bunch
together, bunch, bunch up]
2: gather or cause to gather into a cluster; "She bunched her
fingers into a fist" [syn: bunch, bunch up, bundle,
cluster, clump]
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counterpunch
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n 1: a return punch (especially by a boxer) [syn:
counterpunch, parry, counter]
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crunch
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n 1: the sound of something crunching; "he heard the crunch of
footsteps on the gravel path"
2: a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a
shortage of time or money or resources); "an end-of-the year
crunch"; "a financial crunch"
3: the act of crushing [syn: crush, crunch, compaction]
v 1: make a crushing noise; "his shoes were crunching on the
gravel" [syn: crunch, scranch, scraunch, crackle]
2: press or grind with a crushing noise [syn: crunch,
cranch, craunch, grind]
3: chew noisily; "The children crunched the celery sticks" [syn:
crunch, munch]
4: reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading;
"grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic" [syn:
grind, mash, crunch, bray, comminute]
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hunch
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n 1: an impression that something might be the case; "he had an
intuition that something had gone wrong" [syn: intuition,
hunch, suspicion]
2: the act of bending yourself into a humped position
v 1: round one's back by bending forward and drawing the
shoulders forward [syn: hunch, hump, hunch forward,
hunch over]
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lunch
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n 1: a midday meal [syn: lunch, luncheon, tiffin,
dejeuner]
v 1: take the midday meal; "At what time are you lunching?"
2: provide a midday meal for; "She lunched us well"
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munch
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n 1: Norwegian painter (1863-1944) [syn: Munch, Edvard
Munch]
2: a large bite; "he tried to talk between munches on the
sandwich"
v 1: chew noisily; "The children crunched the celery sticks"
[syn: crunch, munch]
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punch
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n 1: (boxing) a blow with the fist; "I gave him a clout on his
nose" [syn: punch, clout, poke, lick, biff,
slug]
2: an iced mixed drink usually containing alcohol and prepared
for multiple servings; normally served in a punch bowl
3: a tool for making holes or indentations [syn: punch,
puncher]
v 1: deliver a quick blow to; "he punched me in the stomach"
[syn: punch, plug]
2: drive forcibly as if by a punch; "the nail punched through
the wall"
3: make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation;
"perforate the sheets of paper" [syn: punch, perforate]
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scrunch
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n 1: a crunching noise
v 1: make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants [syn:
crump, thud, scrunch]
2: sit on one's heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth
while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect
themselves from the sandstorm" [syn: squat, crouch,
scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down]
3: make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed,
folded or wrinkled line in; "The dress got wrinkled"; "crease
the paper like this to make a crane" [syn: wrinkle,
ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch up,
crisp]
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bunche
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n 1: United States diplomat and United Nations official
(1904-1971) [syn: Bunche, Ralph Bunche, Ralph Johnson
Bunche]
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keypunch
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