"bach" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /bæt͡ʃ/, /bɛtʃ/ [New-Zealand] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bach.wav [Southern-England] Forms: baches [plural]
Rhymes: -ætʃ Etymology: Abbreviation of bachelor pad. Etymology templates: {{abbrev|en|bachelor pad}} Abbreviation of bachelor pad Head templates: {{en-noun}} bach (plural baches)
  1. (New Zealand, northern) A holiday home, usually small and near the beach, often with only one or two rooms and of simple construction. Tags: New-Zealand, Northern Synonyms: crib [New-Zealand, in southern South Island] Translations (small house): kōpuha (Maori)
    Sense id: en-bach-en-noun-syvjujsd Categories (other): New Zealand English, English entries with incorrect language header
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /bæt͡ʃ/, /bɛtʃ/ [New-Zealand] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bach.wav [Southern-England] Forms: baches [plural]
Rhymes: -ætʃ Head templates: {{en-noun}} bach (plural baches)
  1. (colloquial) Clipping of bachelorette. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial Alternative form of: bachelorette
    Sense id: en-bach-en-noun-Y6H1nsWe
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /bæt͡ʃ/, /bɛtʃ/ [New-Zealand] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bach.wav [Southern-England] Forms: baches [present, singular, third-person], baching [participle, present], bached [participle, past], bached [past]
Rhymes: -ætʃ Etymology: Abbreviation of bachelor pad. Etymology templates: {{abbrev|en|bachelor pad}} Abbreviation of bachelor pad Head templates: {{en-verb}} bach (third-person singular simple present baches, present participle baching, simple past and past participle bached)
  1. (US) To live apart from women, as during the period when a divorce is in progress. Tags: US
    Sense id: en-bach-en-verb-1-an2p8f Categories (other): American English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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