lunch

lunch
lunch1 [ lʌntʃ ] noun count or uncount ***
a meal that you eat in the middle of the day:
We stopped for a light (=small) lunch.
for lunch: I've got a sandwich for lunch.
have lunch: Let's have lunch at that new restaurant.
go to lunch: Mr. Miller's already gone to lunch.
take someone (out) to lunch: I'll take you out to lunch when I get back.
do lunch INFORMAL
to meet someone and have lunch with them
out to lunch INFORMAL
behaving or thinking in a strange or crazy way
there's no such thing as a free lunch
used for saying that people cannot get something good without working hard or giving something in exchange
lunch
lunch 2 [ lʌntʃ ] verb intransitive FORMAL
to eat lunch

Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.

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  • lunch — [ lɶntʃ; lœ̃ʃ ] n. m. • 1867; h. 1817; mot angl. ♦ Repas léger que l on sert devant un buffet, à la place d un déjeuner. Des lunchs ou des lunches. ♢ Réunion au cours de laquelle on sert un lunch. Être invité à un lunch de mariage. ● lunch,… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • lunch — [lʌntʆ] noun [countable] 1. a meal eaten in the middle of the day: • facilities for conferences and private business lunches (= when business people go to lunch to discuss things or entertain customers ) • He has working lunches (= when …   Financial and business terms

  • lunch — (n.) mid day repast, 1786, shortened form of LUNCHEON (Cf. 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 Еїure, makes a point to keep up the dignity of the… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Lunch — Personnage de fiction apparaissant dans Dragon Ball Nom original ランチ (Ranchi) Naissance …   Wikipédia en Français

  • lunch — ► NOUN ▪ a meal eaten in the middle of the day. ► VERB ▪ eat lunch. ● out to lunch Cf. ↑out to lunch ● there s no such thing as a free lunch Cf. ↑there s no such thing as a free lunch …   English terms dictionary

  • Lunch — Sm kleineres Mittagessen per. Wortschatz fremd. Erkennbar fremd (20. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus ne. lunch, dessen Herkunft nicht mit Sicherheit geklärt ist.    Ebenso nndl. lunch, nfrz. lunch, nschw. lunch, nnorw. lunsj. ✎ DF 2 (1942), 46; Rey …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • lunch — lunch·eon·ette; lunch·er; lunch·less; lunch; lunch·eon; …   English syllables

  • lunch — [lunch] n. [earlier, a piece, thick piece < ?: first appears as rendering of Sp lonja, slice of ham, which it formerly paralleled in pronun.] 1. any light meal; esp., the regular midday meal between breakfast and dinner 2. the food prepared… …   English World dictionary

  • Lunch — (l[u^]nch), n. [Of uncertain etymol. Cf. Prov. Eng. nunc a lump.] A luncheon; specifically, a light repast between breakfast and dinner, most commonly about noontime. [1913 Webster +PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Lunch — Lunch, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lunched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lunching}.] To take luncheon. Smart. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Lunch — bezeichnet Lydia Lunch, (* 1959), US amerikanische Sängerin, Dichterin und Schauspielerin auf Englisch das Mittagessen Nicht bloß im Englischen Sprachraum existiert das Wort Lunchbox als Bezeichnung für Brotdose. Di …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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