Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having or being like a bunch or hunch; having knobs or protuberances: as, “an unshapen bunchy spear,”
- Growing or existing in bunches; having or formed of bunches: as, “his bunchy tail,”
- Specifically In mining, said of a lode when the ore is irregularly distributed through it in small masses or “pockets.”
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Swelling out in bunches.
- adjective Growing in bunches, or resembling a bunch; having tufts.
- adjective (Mining) Yielding irregularly; sometimes rich, sometimes poor.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having, or growing in
bunches
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective occurring close together in bunches or clusters
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Examples
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His figure is undecided, but might be called bunchy in places.
When Winter Comes to Main Street Grant Martin Overton 1908
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The latter appendage, short and "bunchy", ended abruptly, as if either cut off or "driven in" -- adding to the uncouth appearance of the animal.
The Boy Slaves Mayne Reid 1850
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The so-called bunchy top symptom is often caused by thrips and/or a fungus. "
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Diana's dress, a bunchy gown that was panned by fashionistas, was nonetheless widely copied.
Royals' Dress Mystery Deborah Ball 2011
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Good, bad, or meaningless, there it will be: bunchy with fat or sagging from the bone, fading, freckling, wrinkling, and drooping so long as flesh endures.
Beginner’s Grace Kate Braestrup 2010
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Good, bad, or meaningless, there it will be: bunchy with fat or sagging from the bone, fading, freckling, wrinkling, and drooping so long as flesh endures.
Beginner’s Grace Kate Braestrup 2010
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Good, bad, or meaningless, there it will be: bunchy with fat or sagging from the bone, fading, freckling, wrinkling, and drooping so long as flesh endures.
Beginner’s Grace Kate Braestrup 2010
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Cel, I wondered about the bunchy-sleeve issue myself, but these are non-bunchy.
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Weirdly, given the vile racist that he is, the Blogging Tory known as "Raphael Alexander" gets all panty-bunchy about foreigners having abortions:
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Unfortunately, the neck is too low, and the soft pleats, when made in denim, stick out in a bunchy and annoying way.
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