noun
- a meal eaten between lunch and dinner; a light afternoon snack or early supper
Usage: chiefly British and dialectal; informal
verb
- to eat a dunch; to have a snack or light meal in the afternoon
Usage: chiefly British and dialectal; informal
Examples
- We had a dunch of sandwiches and tea at four o'clock.
- She dunched on biscuits and fruit before dinner.
- The children were offered a dunch after school.
- They decided to dunch together on the porch.
- A light dunch is often eaten in the late afternoon in some regions.