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bundle

UK/ˈbʌn.dl̩/ US/ˈbʌndʌl/ fairly common informal slang
noun (3) verb (4)

noun

1.
2.

a package of several things tied together for carrying or storing

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3.

a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit)

  • “she made a bundle selling real estate”
  • “they sank megabucks into their new house”
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verb

1.

make into a bundle

  • “he bundled up his few possessions”
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2.

gather or cause to gather into a cluster

  • “She bunched her fingers into a fist”
  • “The students bunched up at the registration desk”
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3.

compress into a wad

  • “wad paper into the box”
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4.

sleep fully clothed in the same bed with one''s betrothed

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Origin

From Middle English bundel, from Middle Dutch bondel or Old English byndele, byndelle (“a binding; tying; fastening with bands”); both from Proto-Germanic *bundil-, derivative of *bundą (“bundle”). Compare also bindle, Dutch bundel, German Bündel.

Phrases

  • a stick in a bundle cannot be broken
  • a stick in a bundle is unbreakable
  • a twig in a bundle cannot be broken
  • a twig in a bundle is unbreakable
  • atrioventricular bundle
  • AV bundle
  • Bachmann's bundle
  • bundle adjustment
  • bundle off
  • bundle together
  • bundle up

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