brunch
nounverbattested in dialogue
- //bɹʌnt͡ʃ//
- //bɹʌnʃ//
A meal eaten later in the day than breakfast and earlier than lunch, often in a leisurely, festive, and/or social way, and often consisting of typical foods from both of those meals.
noun
- 1
A meal eaten later in the day than breakfast and earlier than lunch, often in a leisurely, festive, and/or social way, and often consisting of typical foods from both of those meals.
I normally have brunch at the café next to work.
Let's do brunch sometime at the salad bar!
Feeling a bit peckish, Sandra made herself some brunch with the leftovers in her fridge.
I discovered a meal between breakfast and brunch.
Etymology
Blend of breakfast + lunch. Attested from 1895 in British English and from 1930 in the United States.
verb
- 1
To eat brunch.
Forms
- plural
- brunches
- past tense
- brunched
- past participle
- brunched
- present participle
- brunching
- third person singular
- brunches
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