Synonyms for lunching
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : luhnch |
| Phonetic Transcription : lʌntʃ |
Top 10 synonyms for lunching Other synonyms for the word lunching
- absorb
- banquet
- bolt
- break bread
- breakfast
- chow down
- cram
- digest
- dispatch
- dispose of
- do lunch
- fall to
- feast upon
- feed on
- gobble up
- gorge
- gormandize
- graze
- have a bite
- have a meal
- have for
- inhale
- lunch
- make pig of oneself
- masticate
- munch
- nibble
- nosh
- partake of
- peck at
- pick
- pig out
- polish off
- pork out
- put away
- ruminate
- scarf
- scoff
- snack
- sup
- supper
- swallow
- take food
- take in
- take nourishment
- wolf
Définition of lunching
Origin :- "mid-day repast," 1786, shortened form of luncheon (q.v.). The verb meaning "to take to lunch" (said to be from the noun) also is attested from 1786:
- PRATTLE. I always to be ſure, makes a point to keep up the dignity of the family I lives in. Wou'd you take a more ſolid refreſhment?--Have you lunch'd, Mr. Bribe?BRIBE. Lunch'd O dear! Permit me, my dear Mrs. Prattle, to refreſh my sponge, upon the honey dew that clings to your raviſhing pouters. O! Mrs. Prattle, this ſhall be my lunch. (kiſſes)["The Mode," in William Davies' "Plays Written for a Private Theatre," London, 1786]
- But as late as 1817 the only definition of lunch in Webster's is "a large piece of food." OED says in 1820s the word "was regarded either as a vulgarism, or as a fashionable affectation." Related: Lunched; lunching. Lunch money is attested from 1868; lunch-time (n.) is from 1821; lunch hour is from 1840. Slang phrase out to lunch "insane, stupid, clueless" first recorded 1955, on notion of being "not there." Old English had nonmete "afternoon meal," literally "noon-meat."
- As in dine : verb eat, often formally
- As in eat : verb consume food
- I was lunching with William next day, and I told him about the subaltern.
- Extract from : « Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 8, 1914 » by Various
- I should be delighted, but unfortunately I am lunching with a friend.
- Extract from : « Cleo The Magnificent » by Louis Zangwill
- I think I can't do better than inaugurate my new 'ism' by lunching there to-day.
- Extract from : « Cleo The Magnificent » by Louis Zangwill
- I was lunching at my club, a club of which Gorman is also a member.
- Extract from : « The Island Mystery » by George A. Birmingham
- Her father was there, lunching with one of the superintendents of the museum.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 » by Various
- They were lunching at Colchester when these amorous chapters were reached.
- Extract from : « Love and Lucy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett
- Nicholas and he had been lunching together in the Gregoriev palace.
- Extract from : « The Genius » by Margaret Horton Potter
- The two men with whom she was lunching were at a table at the far corner of the deserted room.
- Extract from : « Secret Armies » by John L. Spivak
- First of all I must tell you I was lunching in that restaurant at the seaside.
- Extract from : « The Wisdom of Father Brown » by G. K. Chesterton
- I was lunching with her at Ciro's to-day when I saw you and your daughter.
- Extract from : « Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
Antonyms for lunching
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