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faunches

faunches is the plural of faunch.

faunches is the third-person singular simple present indicative of faunch.

Meaning of faunch

Noun

faunch (plural faunches)

  1. (dated, slang) A desire; a yearning.
    • Byrne was the best thing about *Man in the Iron Mask*, as far as plot and acting. I do confess a faunch for John Malkovitch, and DiCaprio should be allowed to develop his considerable latent acting abilities.1999 January 19, Kathy Routliffe, “Re: Mame”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet), message-ID <36A3FCD4.5097D338@flash.net>

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Questions about faunches

What is faunches the plural of?
Faunches is the plural of faunch.

Words near faunches in the dictionary

  1. faunated
  2. Faunce
  3. Faunces
  4. faunch
  5. faunched
  6. faunches
  7. faunching
  8. faune
  9. faunes
  10. fauni
  11. faunic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: faunches (page history and authors); faunch (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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