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lunching

lunching

1 1.0
Eating a meal in the middle of the day
  • noun
  • /ˈlʌnʧɪŋ/
translation icon : almuerzo
  • And Lisa felt it was a kind of amputation because, without her daily regimen of shopping, lunching, charity work, and beauty treatments, she was left with too much time on her hands.
  • power lunching

Once again, you've joined us at lunch, away from the crew.

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Examples

  • Once again, you've joined us at lunch, away from the crew.

  • She's making our lunches for today, salad and then pasta.

  • I'm gonna have once a week, if not more, like dinners with my people where we leave the tech outside, which is what we do when we have our lunches as a family.

  • The group enjoyed lunching at their favorite restaurant every Sunday.

  • Lunching on the terrace, they admired the beautiful view of the park.

  • Every weekday at noon, the staff gather for lunching in the break room.

Synonyms

lunch
vslunching
1.0

A meal in the middle of the day

is the action of eating during that midday occasion
meal
vslunching
1.0

A time when people eat, for example breakfast or dinner

is specifically the action of eating at the midday occasion
luncheon
vslunching
  • Formal
76 4.3

A formal meal eaten in the middle of the day

is the simple act of eating rather than a formal event

How Long

dining
366 1.0
lunching
1 1.0
quickie meal
  • Informal
3.6

Surface Forms

lunching singular
lunchings plural

Morphology

lunching = lunch (transparent) = lunch + ing

Standard gerund/participial formation from the verb 'lunch', indicating the action of having lunch.

Etymology

Lunching comes from lunch, which is short for the older word luncheon, and that goes back to nuncheon, an old word meaning a small 'noon snack'. So, lunching simply means the act of eating your midday meal.