Meaning of bunch In English

• 0 a number of things of the same type fastened together or in a close group:

  • a bunch of flowers/grapes/bananas/keys

  • mainly US informal The reorganization will give us a whole bunch (= a lot) of problems.

  • They're a bunch of jerks.

  • Your friends are a nice bunch.

  • Send in your poems and we'll publish the best of the bunch.

• 1 If a girl has her hair in bunches, it is tied together in two parts with one at each side of her head:

  • As a little girl she wore her hair in bunches.

• 2 a number of things of the same type fastened or closely grouped together, or any particular group of things or people:

  • We ate a whole bunch of grapes.

  • They’re a nice bunch of people.

  • infml I’ve got a bunch of things to do.

• 3 to pull together or gather into a unit:

  • [ I ] Beth sat in bed with pillows bunched behind her, reading.