buncher

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person who bunches.
  2. Something that bunches or causes to bunch.
  3. A machine that twists strands together during the manufacture of metal wire; a strander.
  4. A circuit that causes electrons or other charged particles in a particle beam to group together.
  5. An illegitimate supplier of laboratory animals who obtains the animals by kidnapping pets or illegally trapping strays.
  6. A ground-based radio transmitter, configured within a system to guide aircraft to their allocated airfields.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

buncher bunchers

Etymology

From bunch + -er.

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