bunching

verb

present participle of bunch
1
as in protruding
to extend outward beyond a usual point the dress bunches a bit at the waist

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2
as in crowding
to gather into a closely packed group the slow service caused the customers at the pick-up counter to bunch up

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Recent Examples of bunching Too much bunching on the leaderboard. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 18 May 2026 This helps relax the fabric and keeps it from bunching up as much. — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 26 June 2026 This set, which includes a quilt and matching shams, features a box-stitch pattern that prevents fill from bunching. — Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Apr. 2026 In a 3-1 loss to the Giants, the Dodgers scored their only run by bunching four walks in one hitless inning. — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026 The quilting detail ensures the filling stays evenly distributed throughout the topper, without bunching or shifting over time. — Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 4 June 2026 Athletes and outdoor lovers will appreciate that the underarm gussets promote mobility, while rolled forward shoulder seams help to prevent bunching and chafing underneath backpack straps. — Harry Spampinato, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026 According to Judah Levine, head of research at Freightos, more vessels are bunching closer to the Persian Gulf side of the Strait of Hormuz in hopes that the waterway may open soon. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 26 May 2026 Immigration courts inside the Justice Department are drastically accelerating immigrants' hearings and bunching them together with the goal of issuing more deportation orders. — Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 26 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bunching
  1. protruding
  2. crowding
  3. poking
  4. huddling
  5. bulging
  6. piling
Verb
  • The apartment's one window, protruding from the zinc roof, faces west, putting it in direct sun from midday to dusk.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 June 2026
  • All door handles in the ward are metal levers flush with the door, rather than protruding, to prevent patients from using them as ligature points.
    — Ashley Andreou, STAT, 22 June 2026
Definition of protruding
Verb
  • About twenty men packed the space, leaning on shoulders and crowding the wall.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 4 July 2026
  • Other pictures on unofficial Telegram channels showed residents crowding into underground stations.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 2 July 2026
Definition of crowding
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  • Calderón, a big, bald man wearing a gold chain and cross-shaped earrings, sat off to the side, amid an entourage of muscular assistants in polo shirts, poking at his phone.
    — Will Freeman, New Yorker, 30 June 2026
  • If their edges are poking out from your ice sphere, your ice will melt and break apart faster.
    — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 June 2026
Definition of poking
Verb
  • Teams from the two companies have been huddling for months to plan for the melding of the two operations as soon as Paramount receives all of its regulatory approvals.
    — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
  • Paramount+ is huddling up with the Texas Tech for a docuseries on its football team that is eyed to premiere in time for the 2026 season in the fall.
    — Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 29 June 2026
Definition of huddling
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  • As the influence of the Daoism of Celestial Masters spread, Zhang Daoling would also come to be seen as a powerful deity in his own right, often depicted with bulging eyes and wearing a red robe, accompanied by a tiger.
    — Michael Naparstek, The Conversation, 6 July 2026
  • Dodgers two-way phenom Shohei Ohtani waddled through the clubhouse after the Dodgers’ 4-3 comeback victory against the Padres on Friday night, the bulging ice wraps around his left knee and right arm creating a penguin-like effect to his gait.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026
Definition of bulging
Verb
  • The excuses that keep piling up The backyard isn’t my first condition.
    — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 July 2026
  • Big Tech’s historic AI outlays, set ‌to top $700 billion this year, are piling pressure on companies to show returns from the technology and offset the rising cost of rolling it out across their businesses.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 6 July 2026
Definition of piling

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