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Definition of Bunch up

1. Verb. Form into a bunch. "The frightened children bunched together in the corner of the classroom"

2. Verb. Gather or cause to gather into a cluster. "She bunched her fingers into a fist"

Definition of Bunch up

1. Verb. To come or gather together. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bunch Up

bun-fight bun stock buna buna rubber bunaftine bunamidine hydrochloride bunas bunazosin bunce bunced

bunces bunch bunch of fives bunch together bunch up (current term) buncha bunchberries bunchberry bunched bunches

bunches of fives bunchflower bunchier bunchiest bunchily bunchiness bunching

Literary usage of Bunch up

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Representative American Plays by Arthur Hobson Quinn (1917)
"Wot d' ye say t' a bunch-up o' the two firms! GRISWOLD. Bunch-up Î REGAN. Sure! Take hold good an' hard, spit on 'cm, ..."

2. Tiw: Or, A View of the Roots and Stems of the English as a Teutonic Tongue by William Barnes (1862)
"BODGE, m. to bunch up. Badger, from the bag or pouch beneath the tail ? BADGER, n. a seller of meal or corn, in bags, on horseback. ..."

3. Echoes from Dartmouth: A Collection of Poems, Stories, and Historical by Herbert Jackson Hapgood, Craven Laycock (1895)
"bunch up, fellows, for a shout! Yell it out! ... bunch up, fellows! Yell with me For Dartmouth : One, two, three! ... bunch up, fellows, more and more! ..."

4. Songs of the Cowboys by Nathan Howard Thorp (1921)
"... My horse is leg-weary and I'm awful tired, But if you get away I'm sure to get fired, — bunch up, little dogies, bunch up. Oh, say, little dogies, ..."

5. Songs of the Cowboys by Nathan Howard Thorp (1921)
"... My horse is leg-weary and I'm awful tired, But if you get away I'm sure to get fired, — bunch up, little dogies, bunch up. Oh, say, little dogies, ..."

6. Lost Maramech and Earliest Chicago: A History of the Foxes and of Their by John [Fletcher] Stewart (1903)
"'bunch up! bunch up! The best part of the song is yet to come!' This he said and kept singing as he untied the string of his bow and made a slip-noose to ..."

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