"buncher" meaning in English

See buncher in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: bunchers [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌntʃə(ɹ) Etymology: From bunch + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|bunch|er|id2=agent noun}} bunch + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} buncher (plural bunchers)
  1. A person who bunches. Categories (topical): Crime
    Sense id: en-buncher-en-noun-8h2CHViC Disambiguation of Crime: 16 17 11 31 26
  2. Something that bunches or causes to bunch.
    (manufacturing) A machine that twists strands together during the manufacture of metal wire; a strander.
    Categories (topical): Manufacturing, Crime, Machines
    Sense id: en-buncher-en-noun-Q7W1lPKF Disambiguation of Crime: 16 17 11 31 26 Disambiguation of Machines: 13 55 11 9 12 Topics: business, manufacturing
  3. Something that bunches or causes to bunch.
    (electronics, physics) A circuit that causes electrons or other charged particles in a particle beam to group together.
    Categories (topical): Electronics, Physics, Crime
    Sense id: en-buncher-en-noun-qqtiLAWk Disambiguation of Crime: 16 17 11 31 26 Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  4. An illegitimate supplier of laboratory animals who obtains the animals by kidnapping pets or illegally trapping strays. Categories (topical): Crime, People
    Sense id: en-buncher-en-noun-cPP51HEj Disambiguation of Crime: 16 17 11 31 26 Disambiguation of People: 26 0 4 45 25
  5. (military, RAF, World War II) A ground-based radio transmitter, configured within a system to guide aircraft to their allocated airfields. Categories (topical): Military, World War II, Crime
    Sense id: en-buncher-en-noun-emfc3rb6 Disambiguation of Crime: 16 17 11 31 26 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 8 30 13 46 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 6 10 27 12 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 6 29 12 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 3 30 12 53 Topics: government, military, politics, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: feller-buncher [forestry, business] Related terms: bunching

Inflected forms

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