Noun: bun
| Singular | bun |
| Plural | buns; bun |
Sample Sentences
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loose bun; messy bun; tight bun
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The physician should evaluate for a history of tight ponytails, buns, chignons, braids, twists, weaves, cornrows, dreadlocks, sisterlocks, and hair wefts in addition to the usage of religious hair coverings. [2021, Becky S. Li, Howard I. Maibach, Ethnic Skin and Hair and Other Cultural Considerations, page 154:]
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nice buns; tight buns
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How 'bout I put my hot dog in your bun? [1996, Richard Sandomir, Life for Real Dummies: A Reference for the Totally Clueless, page 5:]
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Wait. I can touch your boobs, stick my wiener in your bun, but I can't kiss you? [2015, Rachelle Ayala, Whole Latte Love, page 169:]
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I'm just saying, you being a mama, it's time to clear the cobwebs. You know what I'm saying? Put a banana in the monkey. You know, hot dog in your bun. [2019 Hot Blood, Hot Thoughts, Hot Deeds, Empire season 5 episode 13]
Nouns inflected like bun
whiting,
Munduruku,
Mundurucu,
sempai,
senpai,
saseng,
satang,
cunjevoi,
sansei,
Namboothiri,
somoni,
Sentinelese,
siopao,
shogun,
shinza,
Barakzai,
Chippewyan,
Diaguita,
shōgun,
thermal horsepower, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
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. See: Middle English Nouns '
bunne', French Nouns '
beignet', Dutch Nouns '
bonk'.