Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

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He ended up with a bunch of fives in the
gut.

bunch-punch 1. n. an act of serial copu-
lation, with one female and a group of
males. Sam always dreamed about be-
ing involved in a bunch-punch. 2. n. an act
of group rape of a woman. There was
a bunch-punch in this neighborhood last
night, and the night before, and the night
before that. Where are the police?


bunco[“b@Nko] 1. n. a scheme to swindle
people. (From banca, the name of a card
game in Spanish.) He’s been fiddling
with bunco on the West Coast. All the
stuff relating to bunco comes across this
desk. 2. tv. to swindle someone. They
buncoed an old lady and left her penniless.
Fred tried to bunco a chick in Frisco, but
felt sorry for her at the last minute.


buncombeGo to bunkum.


bundlen. a large amount of money. (See
also lose a bundle; make a bundle;
package.) He still has a bundle from the
sale of his house. You must think I have
a real bundle.


bundle from heavenGo to bundle of joy.


bundle of joy and bundle from heaven
n. a baby. We are expecting a bundle of
joy next September. When your little
bundle from heaven arrives, things will be
a little hectic for a while.


bundle of nervesn. a very nervous per-
son. I’m just a bundle of nerves. I wish
this were over. Paul’s been a bundle of
nerves ever since his wreck.


bunghole 1. n. the mouth. I’ve heard
enough out of you! Shut your bunghole! 2.
n. the anus. (Usually objectionable.) 
She tripped and fell down on her bunghole.


bunkie[“b@Nki] n. a roommate. My
bunkie is from Iowa. I wish I had a
bunkie. Things get lonely in a single room.


bunkum and buncombe[“b@Nk@m] n.
nonsense. That’s just plain bunkum. 
Another candidate for governor means just
that much more buncombe.


bunsn. the buttocks. Look at the buns
on that guy! Me and my girlfriend just


love to go down to the beach and look for
guys with cute buns.
burb[b#b] n. a suburb. (Usually plural.)
I’ve lived in the burbs all my life. Our
burb is too far from the city for much pol-
lution.

burbed out[b#bd...] mod. looking very
middle-class and suburban; decked out
like a suburban citizen. She’s all burbed
out with new clothes and a fancy car. He
looks sort of burbed out for a city guy.

burg[b#g] n. a small town. (Disdainful.)
I can’t stand another day in this burg.
This burg is getting on my nerves.
burgern. a hamburger sandwich; a ham-
burger patty. You ready for another
burger? He’s cooking burgers out on the
grill right now.

burger-flippern. a lowly hamburger cook
in a fast-food restaurant. If you drop
out of school now, you’ll end up being a
burger-f lipper for the rest of your life.

burn 1. n. a cigarette. Gimme a burn,
huh? Fred just stood there with a burn
on his lower lip and his hands in his pock-
ets. 2. tv. to smoke a cigarette. I need
to burn a fag. Just a minute. This nico-
tine fiend needs to burn one for a fix! 3.
tv. to smoke cannabis. (Drugs.) Jim
spent Saturday out in the field burning
grass. The two of them sat there burn-
ing reefers for hours on end. 4. tv. to exe-
cute someone in the electric chair. (Un-
derworld.) I’ll see that they burn you for
this! The DA tried to burn me, but I got
off with six months. 5. in. to die by elec-
trocution in the electric chair. (Under-
world.) I ain’t afraid I’ll burn, copper!
I’ll see that you burn for this. 6. tv. to
cheat or rob someone. Tom tried to
burn me by selling me a bum watch, but
I’m too clever. He will burn you if you’re
not careful. 7. tv. to shoot someone. (Un-
derworld.) He burned the guy with a
pistol, but it didn’t stop him. Hold it!
I’ve burned one guy tonight, and I ain’t
afraid of puttin’ a hole through you. 8. n.
a deception; an instance of being cheated.
Man, that was a burn. That guy was
really mad. We pulled off the burn with-

bunch-punch

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