dunch

• Rhymes: -ʌntʃ

From Middle English dunchen, of uncertain origin. Possibly from the noun (see below); or of North Germanic origin, related to Old Swedish diunga (“to hit, knock”); or from Middle English dengen, from Old English denġan, denċġan (“to knock, ding”), from Proto-Germanic *dangijaną (“to bang, knock”). Compare English dinge.

• dunsh (Geordie)

dunch (third-person singular simple present dunches, present participle dunching or dunchin, simple past and past participle dunched)

1. (Geordie) To knock against; to hit, punch
2. (Geordie) To crash into; to bump into.
3. (Scotland) To gore with the horns, as a bull.
4. (Britain) To jog, especially with the elbow.

From Middle English dunche, perhaps from Old English *dynċ, from Proto-Germanic *dunkiz. Compare Old Norse dykr, dynkr (“a crashing noise”), Danish dunk (“a blow”), Swedish dunk (“a thump, clap”), Norwegian dunk (“a knock, bump”).

dunch (plural dunches)

1. (dialectal) A push; knock; bump
2. (golf) A fat hit from a claggy lie.

• The New Geordie Dictionary, Frank Graham, 1987, →ISBN
• A List of words and phrases in everyday use by the natives of Hetton-le-Hole in the County of Durham, F.M.T.Palgrave, English Dialect Society vol.74, 1896,
• Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin,
• Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
• Golfing dictionary, accessed on 2005-06-01

Blend of dinner +‎ lunch, probably in imitation of brunch.

dunch

1. (informal, rare) A leisurely meal between lunch and dinner in the late afternoon or early evening (about 3-5 p.m.), usually instead of lunch or dinner.

   For tomorrow, I’ve a lunchtime appointment so let's have dunch together instead.

• food

dunch (third-person singular present dunches, present participle dunchin, past duncht, past participle duncht)

1. to hit, punch