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BUNCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bunce mean?
• BUNCE (noun)
The noun BUNCE has 1 sense:
1. a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)
Familiarity information: BUNCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
bonanza; boom; bunce; godsend; gold rush; gravy; manna from heaven; windfall
Context example:
the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line
Hypernyms ("bunce" is a kind of...):
happening; natural event; occurrence; occurrent (an event that happens)
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