bunning
bunning is the present participle and gerund of bun.
Meaning of bun
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
Verb (2)
bun (third-person singular simple present buns, present participle bunning, simple past and past participle bunned)
Noun
bunning (plural bunnings or bunning)
- The echidna.
- Old folk hunted for bandicoot and bunning in this grass.1988, R. Langford, Don’t Take Your Love to Town
Forms of bunning
| plural | bunnings |
|---|---|
| plural | bunning |
Origin of bunning
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
From Bandjalang bunihyn.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: bunning (page history and authors); bun (page history and authors). 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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