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**bump·tious** /'bʌmpʃəs/ *adj derog* noisily showing your high opinion of yourself; CONCEITED: *a bumptious young man* | *her bumptious manner* **—ly** *adv* **—ness** *n* [U]
**bump·y** /'bʌmpi/ *adj* with many BUMPS; uneven: *a bumpy ride* | (*fig.*) *I think we've got a bumpy road* (=a period of difficulties) *ahead of us.* **—ily** *adv* **—iness** *n* [U]
**bun** /bʌn/ *n* **1** *BrE* a small round sweet cake **2** *AmE* a small round kind of bread, usually plain but sometimes sweetened **3** a mass of hair twisted and fastened into a tight round shape at the back of the head: *She wears her hair in a bun.* **4 have a bun in the oven** *old-fash* humor to be PREGNANT
**bunch¹** /bʌntʃ/ *n* [(*of*)] **1** a number of things (usually small and of the same kind) fastened, held, or growing together at one point: *a bunch of flowers/grapes/keys* | *The little girl wears her hair in bunches.* (=tied at each side of the back of the head) **2** [+*sing./pl. v*] *infml* a group: *A bunch of girls was/were sitting on the grass.* | *My students are quite a nice bunch.* | *My friend John is the pick/the best of the bunch.* **3 a bunch of fives** *BrE slang* an act of hitting someone with your closed hand; PUNCH
**bunch²** *v* [I; T(UP, TOGETHER)] to (cause to) form into one or more bunches or close groups: *The captain told the players not to bunch (up) together, but to spread out over the field.* | *This cloth bunches up.* (=tends to gather into folds) | *Traffic often bunches on the big highways.* | *The children were all bunched together in the corner of the room.*
**bund** /bʌnd/ *n BrE* a high man-made bank of earth built to hide something such as ugly industrial buildings, to limit noise from a MOTORWAY or to protect from enemy attack
**Bun·des·bank, the** /'bʊndəz,bæŋk/ the national bank of Germany. In the past, before the EURO became the CURRENCY in Germany, the bank's decisions about rates of INTEREST (=the additional amount you have to pay back when you borrow money) had a lot of influence on interest rates in other European countries.
**bun·dle¹** /'bʌndl/ *n* **1** [C(*of*)] a number of articles tied, fastened, or held together, usually across the middle: *a bundle of sticks* | *She tied up her few belongings into a bundle.* **2** [S] *slang* a large sum of money: *He must have made a bundle out of selling that house.* **3** *infml* **a bundle of** in a state of: *I'm so anxious I'm just a bundle of nerves.* (=extremely nervous) | *She's not exactly a bundle of fun/laughs.* (=not at all amusing to be with)
**bundle²** *v* **1** [I+adv/prep; T+obj+adv/prep] to (cause to) move or hurry in a rather quick and rough manner: *They arrested a man on the street and bundled him into a police car.* | *They bundled the children off to school.* | *We all bundled into the taxi.* **2** [T+obj+adv/prep] to put together or store hastily and untidily: *She bundled her clothes into a bag.*
**bundle (sbdy.) up** *u p phr v* [I; T] to dress warmly: *She bundled (herself) up in several warm sweaters before going out into the freezing cold.*
**Bundt cake** /'bʌnt keɪk/ *trademark* a sweet cake shaped like a ring, made in a Bundt pan
**CULTURAL NOTE** In the US, a Bundt cake is a typical gift that people take with them when they visit a new neighbour.
**Bundt pan** /'bʌnt pæn/ *trademark* a type of ring-like baking pan with high sides and a hole in the middle, used for baking cakes: *Pour the batter into a greased Bundt pan*
**Bun·dy, Ted** /'bʌndi, ted/ (1956–89) a US man who killed many young women in the 1970s and 1980s. He was finally caught, and in 1989 he was executed (EXECUTE).
**bung¹** /bʌŋ/ *n* a round piece of rubber, wood, or other material used to close the hole in a container
**bung²** *v* [T] *BrE infml* to put, push, or throw, especially roughly: *He picked up a stone and bunged it over the fence.* | [+*obj(i)+obj(d)*] *Bung me a cigarette, will you?*
**bung sthg. up** *u p phr v* [T *often pass.*] *BrE infml* to block; stop up: *to bung up a hole* | *My nose is bunged up.*
**bun·ga·low** /'bʌŋɡələʊ/ *n* **1** *BrE* a house which is all on ground level. In Britain, many old people live in bungalows. **2** *AmE* a small house which is usually all on ground level $\rightarrow$ see HOUSE (USAGE); see colour photo on page A40
**pun·gee jump·ing** /'bʌndʒi ,dʒʌmpɪŋ/ *n* [U] the sport of jumping from a very high place and falling almost to the ground, when you are held by a long rope that stretches a little
**bung·hole** /'bʌŋhəʊl/ *n* a hole for emptying or filling a barrel
**bun·gle** /'bʌŋɡəl/ *v* [T] to do badly; BOTCH: *to bungle a job* **—bunglen** **—bungler** *n*
**bun·ion** /'bʌnjən/ *n* a painful red swelling on the first joint of the big toe
**bunk¹** /bʌŋk/ *n* **1** a narrow bed that is usually fixed to the wall (as on a ship or train) **2** also **bunk bed** — either of a pair of beds that are placed one above the other $\rightarrow$ see picture at BED
**bunk²** *v* [I+adv/prep, especially DOWN] *infml* to sleep; have your sleeping-place: *She bunked (down) with some friends/on a sofa for the night.*
**bunk³** *n* [U] *slang* nonsense; BUNKUM: *That's a load of bunk.*
**bunk⁴** *n* **do a bunk** *BrE slang* to run away; leave, especially when one should not
**bunk⁵** *v*
**bunk off** *phr v* [I] *BrE slang* **1** to leave in a hurry or when one should not **2** to stay away from school without permission; play TRUANT
**bun·ker** /'bʌŋkə/ *n* **1** a place for storing coal, especially on a ship or outside a house **2** a strongly built shelter for soldiers, especially one built mainly underground with openings for guns **3** *BrE* || trap, sand trap *AmE* — (in GOLF) a place dug out and filled with sand, from which it is hard to hit the ball
**Bunker, Ar·chie** /'ɑːtʃi 'bʌŋkə/ one of the main characters in the humorous US television programme from the 1970s called *All in the Family*. Archie Bunker is a working-class man who is very proud of being American, always thinks that he is right, and believes that foreign people should not be allowed to live in the US because they will change it too much. People sometimes use 'Archie Bunker' as a name for anyone who has similar strong opinions.
**Bunker 'Hill, the Battle of** the first main battle of the AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR, in Boston, Massachusetts in 1775. Although the British army won the battle, the American COLONISTS killed and wounded more than 1000 British soldiers, and proved that their army was more powerful and effective than the British expected them to be.
**bunk·house** /'bʌŋkhaʊs/ *n pl.* **-houses**, /hauxəz/ a building where workers sleep, for those who have to live at their place of work
**bun·kum** /'bʌŋkəm/ *n* [U] *slang* foolish talk; nonsense
**'bunk-up** *n* [C *usually sing.*] *BrE infml* a push up from below to help someone climbing: *I want to have a look over the wall – can you give me a bunk-up?*
**bun·ny** /'bʌni/ also **bunny ,rabbit** *n* (used especially by or to children) a rabbit
**'bunny girl** *n* a waitress, especially in a night club, who wears a COSTUME that only covers a small part of her body, long ears and a furry tail like a rabbit's
**buns** /bʌnz/ *n* [P] *infml* a person's BUTTOCKS (=the part of the body they sit on) used especially to talk about their shape or the condition of the muscles: *some exercises to help you have great buns*
**Bun·sen burn·er** /,bʌnsən 'bɜːnə/ also **Bunsen** *n* a gas apparatus that produces a hot smokeless flame for use in practical scientific work
**bunt** /bʌnt/ *n* a deliberately short hit in the game of BASEBALL **—bunt** *v* [I] *He bunted toward third base.*
**Bun·ter, Billy** /'bʌntə/ the main character in children's stories by Frank Richards about life in an English PUBLIC SCHOOL (=a private school where the students live as well as study). Bunter is a fat stupid boy with glasses who loves eating and is always getting into trouble.
**bun·ting** /'bʌntɪŋ/ *n* [U] small paper or cloth flags, tied together on a string and used as decorations for special occasions
**Buñ·u·el, Lu·is** /bʊ'njuːel, luː'iːs/ (1900-83) a Spanish film director known for his dreamlike images and humorous attacks on the Catholic Church and middle-class moral