bun
UK/bʌn/
More pronunciations (1)Fewer pronunciations
Australia/bɐn/
bun noun: a small bread roll that is sweetened or spiced. Also the clipping of bunny.
Noun (1)
bun (plural buns)
- A small bread roll that is sweetened or spiced.
- A bread roll that is served with a savoury filling such as a hamburger or hot dog.
- Any bread roll.
- A cupcake.
- A roll of hair worn at the back of the head.
- loose bun; messy bun; tight bun
- 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
- A drunken spree.
- A newbie.
- A young girl or woman.
- A buttock.
- nice buns; tight buns
- The vagina.
- 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
- 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
Verb (1)
bun (third-person singular simple present buns, present participle bunning, simple past and past participle bunned)
- To form (the hair) into a bun.
- Bunning her hair, she left her childhood bedroom for the hall.2014, A. A. Garrison, The Long Short Story: Novellas, page 39
Noun (2)
bun (plural buns)
Verb (2)
bun (third-person singular simple present buns, present participle bunning, simple past and past participle bunned)
Noun (3)
bun (plural buns)
Noun (4)
bun (plural buns or bun)
Noun (5) capitalized: BUN
BUN (uncountable)
- Initialism of blood urea nitrogen.
Proper noun capitalized: Bun
Bun (plural Buns)
- A surname from Khmer.
Also used as
bun is also the clipping of bunny.
bun meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Telugu
bun in Hindi
- a small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
- रोटी roṭī, छोटी मीठी ब्रेड choṭī mīṭhī breḍ
bun in Tamil
- a small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
- பொங்கியப்பம் poṅkiyappam
bun in Bengali
- a tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head
- খোঁপা khō̃pa
bun in Telugu
- a tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head
- సిగ siga
More languagesFewer languages
- bun in Kannada
- ಬನ್
- bun in Gujarati
- અંબોડો amboṛo
- bun in Odia
- ବନ୍ କରିବା
- bun in Assamese
- খোঁপা khü̃pa
- bun in Arabic
- كَعْكَة kaʕka
- bun in Indonesian
- konde
- bun in Persian
- گرده gerde, بولکی bulki
Examples of bun in a sentence
- She sits on the sofa all day, watching TV and stuffing herself with cream buns.
- Gorblimey, would you ’ave a butcher’s at the bristols on this bird in the currant bun!
- Don't forget to buy some hot dogs to grill and some buns to put them on.
Synonyms of bun
Forms of bun
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | buns |
| plural | bun |
| alternative form | p'un |
| alternative form | pun |
| alternative form (archaic) | bunn |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | buns |
| present participle | bunning |
| past participle | bunned |
| past | bunned |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Buns |
Origin of bun
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.
Probably from Scots bun (“tail of a rabbit or hare”), which is probably from Scottish Gaelic bun (“bottom, butt, stump, stub”).
Caribbean pronunciation of burn.
Words formed from bun
- bao bun
- Bath bun
- biscuit bun
- black bun
- Boston bun
- bun fight
- bun-fight
- bunhead
- bun-headed
- bun in the oven
- bunless
- bunlike
- bunny
- bun stock
- burger bun
- Burlington bun
- Chelsea bun
- chip bun
- chow mein bun
- cinnamon bun
- cop the bun
- couldn't organise a bun fight in a bakery
- cream bun
- currant bun
- finger bun
- fun in a bun
- fun on a bun
- have a bun in the oven
- honeybun
- honey bun
- horse bun
- hot cross bun
- hot dog bun
- Kitchener bun
- man bun
- occipital bun
- penny bun
- pineapple bun
- rock bun
- rockbun
- sticky bun
- sea-bun
Phrases with bun
Words that rhyme with bun
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- stun
- nun
- shun
- 'un
- Gunn
- jump the gun
- none
- outrun
- overdone
- begun
- dun
- fun
- hon
- pun
- speedrun
- thon
- undone
- unspun
- verdun
- winter sun
- 1
- 101
- 26+6=1
- cun
- dun dun dun
- everyone
- hard-won
- have one's mind about one
- hot cross bun
- marble run
- misdone
- mun
- Munn
- old one
- one hundred and one
- one thousand and one
- organ gun
- outdone
- outgun
- over and done
- quaker gun
- redone
- respun
- rewon
- snatch and run
- spun
- steam gun
- temperature gun
Questions about bun
- What does bun mean?
- Bun means a small bread roll that is sweetened or spiced.
- What is bun in Hindi?
- Bun in Hindi is रोटी (roṭī), छोटी मीठी ब्रेड (choṭī mīṭhī breḍ). See Bun meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is bun?
- Bun can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce bun?
- Bun is pronounced /bʌn/ (UK).
- What is the plural of bun?
- The plural of bun is buns.
Words near bun in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bun (page history and authors); BUN (page history and authors); Bun (page history and authors); bun (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bun (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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