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Meet someone unexpectedly
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bump off
to kill or murder someone
bump up
to increase or upgrade something
bumper
A full glass; in all likelihood from its convexity or bump at the top: some derive it from a full glass formerly drunk to the health of the pope--AU BON PERE.
bumper
According to Johnson from "bump," but probably from French BON PÈRE, the fixed toast in monastic life of old, now used for "full measure." A match at quoits, bowls, &c., may end in a "BUMPER game," if the play and score be all on one side. BUMPER is used in sporting and theatrical circles to denote a benefit which is one in reality as well as in name.
bumper crop
An exceptionally large or successful yield
bumping
A ceremony performed on boys perambulating the bounds of the parish on Whit-monday, when they have their posteriors bumped against the stones marking the boundaries, in order to fix them in their memory.
bumpoff
A murder.
bumptious
Arrogant, self-sufficient. One on very good terms with himself is said to be BUMPTIOUS.
bumshoving
Anal sex.
bumtrap
A bailiff.
bun
To smoke cannabis.
bun
A common name for a rabbit, also for the monosyllable. To touch bun for luck; a practice observed among sailors going on a cruize.
bun fight
a chaotic and competitive situation
bunce
Costermongers’ perquisites; the money obtained by giving light weight, &c.; costermongers’ goods sold by boys on commission. In fact anything which is clear profit or gain is said to be "all BUNCE." Probably a corruption of bonus; BONE, or BONER, being the slang for good. BUNCE, Grose gives as the cant word for money.
bunch of fives
A fist.
bunda
Ass, butt.
bundle
"to BUNDLE a person off," i.e., to pack him off, send him flying.
bundle of energy
A person who is very energetic and active
bundle of joy
A newborn baby, especially one that brings happiness
bundle of laughs
Someone very amusing or entertaining
bundle of nerves
Extremely anxious or nervous
bundle of sticks
Msop, in one of his fables, shows that sticks one by one may be readily broken ; not so when several are bound together in a bundle. The lesson taught is that "Union gives strength.
bundle off
to send someone away quickly
Bundle Off
Get away. To bundle a person off, is to send him away unceremoniously.
Bundles for Britain
An organization founded in U.S.A., January 1940, by Mrs. Wales Latham to send comfort parcels to Britain during World War II.
bundling
A man and woman sleeping in the same bed, he with his small clothes, and she with her petticoats on; an expedient practised in America on a scarcity of beds, where, on such an occasion, husbands and parents frequently permitted travellers to bundle with their wives and daughters. This custom is now abolished. See Duke of Rochefoucalt's Travels in America,
bundling
Men and women sleeping together, where the divisions of the house will not permit of better or more decent accommodation, with all their clothes on. BUNDLING was originally courting done in bed, the lovers being tied or bundled up to prevent undue familiarities. The practice still obtains in some parts of Wales.
bung
The human anus.
bung
The landlord of a public-house. Much in use among sporting men.
bung upwards
Said of a person lying on his face.
bung your eye
Drink a dram; strictly speaking, to drink till one's eye is bunged up or closed.
bung-hole
The anus.
bungalowed
Very drunk.
bungus
Anus.
bunk
To decamp. "BUNK it!" i.e., be off.
bunk off
To leave.
bunk-up
Casual sex.
bunkum
An American importation, denoting false sentiments in speaking, pretended enthusiasm, &c. The expression arose from a speech made by a North Carolina senator named Buncombe.
bunny hop
to jump or move quickly with short hops
bunny hug
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
bunter
A low dirty prostitute, half whore and half beggar.
bunter
A prostitute, a street-walking female thief.
bunts
money
buoy up
to give someone hope or confidence
Burden of a Song
A line repeated at intervals so as to constitute a refrain or chorus. It is the Fr. bourdon, the big drone of a bagpipe, or double-diapason of an organ, used in forte parts and choruses.
Burden of Isaiah
"The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see." Burden, here, is a literal translation of the Heb, massa (rendered in the Vulgate by onus), which means "lifting up" either a burden or the voice; hence "utterance," , hence a prophecy announcing a calamity, or a de- nunciation of hardships on those against whom the burden is uttered.
burerk
A lady, a showily-dressed woman.
Burial of an Ass
No burial at all, just thrown on a refuse-heap. He shall be buned with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
Buridan's Ass
A man of indecision; like one "on double business bound, who stands in pause where he should first begin, and both neglects." Buridan was a French scholastic philosopher who died about 1360.
buried treasure
Valuable or exciting things that are hidden or hard to find
burk
To vomit.
burleigh's head
In Sheridan's Critic is introduced a mock tragedy called The Spanish
burn a hole in someone's pocket
to make someone want to spend money urgently
burn bread
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
burn crust
A jocular name for a baker.
burn daylight
Waste time, especially during the day when work can be done.
Burn not your house to rid it of the mouse. (Strauss, 1994 p. 568)
Don't take drastic action to solve a small problem
burn one's fingers
to suffer consequences from a risky or unwise decision
burn out
to become exhausted or depleted
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