bunchy

adjective

ˈbən-chē 

-er/-est

1

a

: protruding or swelling out in a bunch or in bunches : showing protuberances

women in bunchy cotton dresses

—Nadine Gordimer

a round bunchy face

—Mary Carter Roberts

b

: growing in bunches : resembling a bunch : marked by tufts

the scanty and bunchy nature of the grass cover

—G. R. Stewart

2

of a mine or a vein : yielding irregularly: here rich, there poor

a bunchy vein of silver

Word History

Etymology

bunch entry 1 + -y

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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Rhymes for bunchy

• crunchy