A bun is a small, soft bread. It can be plain or sweet. People often eat it alone or with fillings like meat or jam.
She ate a bun with butter.
I bought a bun from the bakery.
A bun is a way to style hair by twisting it into a round shape and fixing it on the head. It looks neat and is often used for work or school.
She wore her hair in a bun.
I like the bun on your head.
In informal language, bun means a person's bottom or backside. People use it when talking about sitting or falling on that part of the body.
He fell right on his bun.
She sat down on her bun.
In British slang, bun can mean a small cigar. This meaning is less common and mostly used in casual speech.
He smoked a bun after dinner.
I bought a bun at the tobacco shop.
A bun can be a small sweet cake. Hot cross buns are famous fruit cakes eaten at Easter in some countries. They are soft and often have spices or fruit.
We shared a hot cross bun.
She bought sweet buns for tea.
Sometimes, bun is used as a short code name in technical fields. This is not a common or official meaning but appears in informal contexts like project naming.
The project bun is in early stages.
Developers call it bun for short.
To bun means to twist or coil hair or an object into a round shape. This verb form is used especially for hairstyles or binding objects tidy.
She bunned her hair quickly.
He bunned the rope to store it.
In British slang, bun can mean the time spent in jail or prison. It is an informal way to talk about punishment by law.
He did a two-year bun for robbery.
The bun was hard to endure.
